3779974 Nehemiah petitions Artaxerxes - Bible by Hole, William Brassey (1846-1917); (add.info.: Nehemiah makes his petition to Artaxerxes to let him go to Jerusalem to help the Jews living there. Nehemiah I: 10 -11. \'Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king\'s cupbearer.\' Illustration by William Hole 1846 - 1917 Old Testament History by William Hole, 1925 Eyre & Spottiswoode, London); Lebrecht History.