Discovery Box| (0.13) | Ezr 8:36 |
| Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king’s satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God. |
| (0.13) | Neh 3:16 |
| Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors. |
| (0.13) | Neh 4:12 |
| So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly 1 about all the schemes 2 they were plotting 3 against us. |
| (0.13) | Neh 4:17 |
| who were rebuilding the wall. 1 Those who were carrying loads did so 2 by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon. |
| (0.13) | Neh 5:7 |
| I considered these things carefully 1 and then registered a complaint with the wealthy 2 and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral 3 from your own countrymen!” 4 Because of them I called for 5 a great public assembly. |
| (0.13) | Neh 5:9 |
| Then I 1 said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! 2 Should you not conduct yourselves 3 in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies? |
| (0.13) | Neh 6:3 |
| So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in 1 an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?” |
| (0.13) | Neh 6:14 |
| Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs – also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me! |
| (0.13) | Neh 9:11 |
| You split the sea before them, and they crossed through 1 the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers 2 into the depths, like a stone into surging 3 waters. |
| (0.13) | Neh 9:34 |
| Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them. |
| (0.13) | Neh 9:38 |
| (10:1) 1 “Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant 2 in written form; 3 our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names 4 on the sealed document.” |
| (0.13) | Neh 12:27 |
| At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, 1 they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived 2 to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. |
| (0.13) | Neh 13:10 |
| I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields. |
| (0.13) | 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.’ |
| (0.13) | Est 2:17 |
| And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval 1 more than all the other young women. 2 So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen 3 in place of Vashti. |
| (0.13) | 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. |
| (0.13) | Est 3:1 |
| Some time later 1 King Ahasuerus promoted 2 Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position 3 above that of all the officials who were with him. |
| (0.13) | Est 5:11 |
| Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, 1 his many sons, 2 and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants. |
| (0.13) | 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, |
| (0.13) | 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. |
