Discovery Box| (0.35) | Neh 5:14 |
| From the day that I was appointed 1 governor 2 in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes – twelve years in all – neither I nor my relatives 3 ate the food allotted to the governor. 4 |
| (0.35) | Neh 7:6 |
| These are the people 1 of the province who returned 2 from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. 3 They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city. |
| (0.35) | Neh 9:24 |
| Their descendants 1 entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased. |
| (0.35) | Neh 9:37 |
| Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, 1 and we are in great distress! |
| (0.35) | Est 1:17 |
| For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, ‘When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.’ |
| (0.35) | Est 7:2 |
| On the second day of the banquet of wine the king asked Esther, “What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your petition? Ask up to half the kingdom, and it shall be done!” |
| (0.35) | Est 8:3 |
| Then Esther again spoke with the king, falling at his feet. She wept and begged him for mercy, that he might nullify the evil of Haman the Agagite which he had intended against the Jews. 1 |
| (0.35) | Est 8:7 |
| King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have already given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action 1 against the Jews. |
| (0.35) | Est 9:2 |
| The Jews assembled themselves in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who were seeking their harm. No one was able to stand before them, for dread of them fell on all the peoples. |
| (0.35) | Est 9:13 |
| Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined, let the Jews who are in Susa be permitted to act tomorrow also according to today’s law, and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the gallows.” |
| (0.35) | Est 10:3 |
| Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was the highest-ranking 1 Jew, and he was admired by his numerous relatives. 2 He worked enthusiastically 3 for the good of his people and was an advocate for the welfare of 4 all his descendants. 5 |
| (0.35) | Psa 45:1 |
| For the music director; according to the tune of “Lilies;” 2 by the Korahites, a well-written poem, 3 a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. 4 I say, “I have composed this special song 5 for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.” 6 |
| (0.35) | Psa 84:3 |
| Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow 1 builds a nest, where she can protect her young 2 near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God. |
| (0.35) | Sos 3:11 |
| Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life! 1 |
| (0.35) | Isa 6:5 |
| I said, “Too bad for me! I am destroyed, 1 for my lips are contaminated by sin, 2 and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. 3 My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies.” 4 |
| (0.35) | Isa 7:17 |
| The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s family a time 1 unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah – the king of Assyria!” 2 |
| (0.35) | Isa 8:7 |
| So look, the sovereign master 1 is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River 2 – the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks. 3 |
| (0.35) | Isa 14:9 |
| Sheol 1 below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses 2 the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; 3 it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones. 4 |
| (0.35) | Isa 20:6 |
| At that time 1 those who live on this coast 2 will say, ‘Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?’” |
| (0.35) | Isa 36:8 |
| Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them. |
