Discovery Box| (0.13) | Neh 12:37 |
| They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east. |
| (0.13) | Neh 12:39 |
| over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, 1 the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped 2 at the Gate of the Guard. |
| (0.13) | 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. |
| (0.13) | Est 1:5 |
| When those days 1 were completed, the king then provided a seven-day 2 banquet for all the people who were present 3 in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. 4 It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace. |
| (0.13) | 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 |
| (0.13) | Est 1:20 |
| And let the king’s decision which he will enact be disseminated 1 throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. 2 Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.” |
| (0.13) | Est 1:22 |
| He sent letters throughout all the royal provinces, to each province according to its own script and to each people according to its own language, 1 that every man should be ruling his family 2 and should be speaking the language of his own people. 3 |
| (0.13) | Est 2:5 |
| Now there happened to be a Jewish man in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai. 1 He was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite, |
| (0.13) | Est 3:2 |
| As a result, 1 all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, 2 nor did he pay him homage. |
| (0.13) | 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. |
| (0.13) | Est 5:6 |
| While at the banquet of wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your request? It shall be given to you. What is your petition? Ask for as much as half the kingdom, 1 and it shall be done!” |
| (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. |
| (0.13) | Est 6:6 |
| So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself, 1 “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?” |
| (0.13) | Est 7:7 |
| In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, 1 for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him. 2 |
| (0.13) | 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. |
| (0.13) | 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. |
| (0.13) | Est 8:14 |
| The couriers who were riding the royal horses went forth with the king’s edict without delay. 1 And the law was presented in Susa the citadel as well. |
| (0.13) | Est 8:15 |
| Now Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in purple and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy. 1 |
| (0.13) | 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. |
| (0.13) | Est 9:15 |
| The Jews who were in Susa then assembled on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they killed three hundred men in Susa. But they did not confiscate their property. |
