Discovery Box| (0.31) | Neh 12:31 |
| I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed 1 on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate. |
| (0.31) | Neh 12:38 |
| The second choir was proceeding 1 in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall, |
| (0.31) | Neh 13:1 |
| On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing 1 of the people. They found 2 written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God, |
| (0.31) | Neh 13:6 |
| During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 1 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 2 I had requested leave of the king, |
| (0.31) | Neh 13:28 |
| Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight. |
| (0.31) | Est 1:3 |
| in the third 1 year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army 2 of Persia and Media 3 was present, 4 as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces. |
| (0.31) | Est 1:10 |
| On the seventh day, as King Ahasuerus was feeling the effects of the wine, 1 he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who attended him, 2 |
| (0.31) | Est 1:11 |
| to bring Queen Vashti into the king’s presence wearing her royal high turban. He wanted to show the people and the officials her beauty, for she was very attractive. 1 |
| (0.31) | Est 1:13 |
| The king then inquired of the wise men who were discerners of the times – for it was the royal custom to confer with all those who were proficient in laws and legalities. 1 |
| (0.31) | Est 2:11 |
| And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing 1 and what might happen to her. |
| (0.31) | Est 2:21 |
| In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan 1 and Teresh, 2 two of the king’s eunuchs who protected the entrance, 3 became angry and plotted to assassinate 4 King Ahasuerus. |
| (0.31) | Est 2:23 |
| The king then had the matter investigated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators 1 hanged on a gallows. 2 It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king’s presence. |
| (0.31) | Est 4:3 |
| Throughout each and every province where the king’s edict and law were announced 1 there was considerable 2 mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. 3 Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic 4 of many. |
| (0.31) | Est 5:2 |
| When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she met with his approval. 1 The king extended to Esther the gold scepter that was in his hand, and Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter. |
| (0.31) | Est 5:9 |
| Now Haman went forth that day pleased and very much encouraged. 1 But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king’s gate, and he did not rise nor tremble in his presence, 2 Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai. |
| (0.31) | Est 6:1 |
| Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, 1 so he asked for the book containing the historical records 2 to be brought. As the records 3 were being read in the king’s presence, |
| (0.31) | Est 6:2 |
| it was found written that Mordecai had disclosed that Bigthana 1 and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted to assassinate 2 King Ahasuerus. |
| (0.31) | Est 8:1 |
| On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate 1 of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her. |
| (0.31) | Est 8:12 |
| This was to take place on a certain day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus – namely, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar). |
| (0.31) | Est 8:13 |
| A copy of the edict was to be presented as law throughout each and every province and made known to all peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that 1 day to avenge themselves from their enemies. |
