Discovery Box| (0.62) | Est 2:4 |
| Let the young woman whom the king finds most attractive 1 become queen in place of Vashti.” This seemed like a good idea to the king, 2 so he acted accordingly. |
| (0.62) | Est 2:6 |
| who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem 1 with the captives who had been carried into exile with Jeconiah 2 king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile. |
| (0.62) | Est 2:13 |
| the woman would go to the king in the following way: Whatever she asked for would be provided for her to take with her from the harem to the royal palace. |
| (0.62) | Est 2:18 |
| Then the king prepared a large banquet for all his officials and his servants – it was actually Esther’s banquet. He also set aside a holiday for the provinces, and he provided for offerings at the king’s expense. 1 |
| (0.62) | Est 3:15 |
| The messengers 1 scurried forth 2 with the king’s order. 3 The edict was issued in Susa the citadel. While the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in an uproar! 4 |
| (0.62) | Est 4:2 |
| But he went no further than the king’s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. |
| (0.62) | Est 5:4 |
| Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined, 1 let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.” |
| (0.62) | Est 5:5 |
| The king replied, “Find Haman quickly so that we can do as Esther requests.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared. |
| (0.62) | 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, |
| (0.62) | Est 6:3 |
| The king asked, “What great honor 1 was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?” The king’s attendants who served him responded, “Not a thing was done for him.” |
| (0.62) | Est 6:8 |
| let them bring royal attire which the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden – one bearing the royal insignia! 1 |
| (0.62) | Est 8:10 |
| Mordecai 1 wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s signet ring. He then sent letters by couriers on horses, who rode royal horses that were very swift. |
| (0.62) | Isa 36:1 |
| In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, 1 King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. |
| (0.62) | Isa 36:13 |
| The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, 1 “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria. |
| (0.62) | Jer 26:21 |
| When the king and all his bodyguards 1 and officials heard what he was prophesying, 2 the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear. 3 |
| (0.62) | Jer 29:3 |
| He sent it with Elasah son of Shaphan 1 and Gemariah son of Hilkiah. 2 King Zedekiah of Judah had sent these men to Babylon to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 3 The letter said: |
| (0.62) | Jer 32:2 |
| Now at that time, 1 the armies of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem. 2 The prophet Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse 3 attached to the royal palace of Judah. |
| (0.62) | Jer 34:21 |
| I will also hand King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials over to their enemies who want to kill them. I will hand them over to the army of the king of Babylon, even though they have temporarily withdrawn from attacking you. 1 |
| (0.62) | Jer 36:20 |
| The officials put the scroll in the room of Elishama, the royal secretary, for safekeeping. 1 Then they went to the court and reported everything 2 to the king. 3 |
| (0.62) | Jer 37:1 |
| Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah 1 son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 2 |
