Discovery Box| (0.38) | Neh 5:1 |
| Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 1 |
| (0.38) | Neh 6:4 |
| They contacted 1 me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time. 2 |
| (0.38) | Neh 6:6 |
| Written in it were the following words: “Among the nations it is rumored 1 (and Geshem 2 has substantiated 3 this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors 4 you are going to become their king. |
| (0.38) | Neh 9:32 |
| “So now, our God – the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity 1 – do not regard as inconsequential 2 all the hardship that has befallen us – our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people – from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day! |
| (0.38) | Neh 10:31 |
| We will not buy 1 on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. 2 |
| (0.38) | Neh 11:21 |
| The temple attendants were living on Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over them. 1 |
| (0.38) | Neh 11:31 |
| Some of the descendants of 1 Benjamin settled in Geba, 2 Micmash, Aija, Bethel 3 and its villages, |
| (0.38) | Neh 12:9 |
| Bakbukiah and Unni, 1 their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services. |
| (0.38) | Neh 12:41 |
| and the priests – Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with their trumpets – |
| (0.38) | Neh 13:3 |
| When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry. |
| (0.38) | Est 1:2 |
| In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa 1 the citadel, 2 |
| (0.38) | Est 1:9 |
| Queen Vashti 1 also gave a banquet for the women in King Ahasuerus’ royal palace. |
| (0.38) | Est 1:14 |
| Those who were closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. These men were the seven officials of Persia and Media who saw the king on a regular basis 1 and had the most prominent offices 2 in the kingdom. |
| (0.38) | Est 1:19 |
| If the king is so inclined, 1 let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, 2 that Vashti 3 may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king convey her royalty to another 4 who is more deserving than she. 5 |
| (0.38) | Est 2:9 |
| This young woman pleased him, 1 and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen 2 young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem. 3 |
| (0.38) | Est 2:12 |
| At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, 1 when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus – for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women – |
| (0.38) | 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. |
| (0.38) | Est 3:8 |
| Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a particular people 1 that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants 2 throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king’s laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them. 3 |
| (0.38) | Est 3:11 |
| The king replied to Haman, “Keep your money, 1 and do with those people whatever you wish.” 2 |
| (0.38) | Est 4:16 |
| “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I 1 will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. 2 If I perish, I perish!” |
