Discovery Box| (0.35) | 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, |
| (0.35) | Neh 13:7 |
| and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God. |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | Neh 13:16 |
| The people from Tyre 1 who lived there were bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise and were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah – and in Jerusalem, of all places! 2 |
| (0.35) | Neh 13:18 |
| Isn’t this the way your ancestors 1 acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!” |
| (0.35) | Est 1:4 |
| He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time 1 – a hundred and eighty days, to be exact! 2 |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | Est 1:15 |
| The king asked, 1 “By law, 2 what should be done to Queen Vashti in light of the fact that she has not obeyed the instructions of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs?” |
| (0.35) | Est 1:16 |
| Memucan then replied to the king and the officials, “The wrong of Queen Vashti is not against the king alone, but against all the officials and all the people who are throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. |
| (0.35) | Est 1:18 |
| And this very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter concerning the queen will respond in the same way to all the royal officials, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger! |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | 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, |
| (0.35) | Est 2:20 |
| Esther was still not divulging her lineage or her people, 1 just as Mordecai had instructed her. 2 Esther continued to do whatever Mordecai said, just as she had done when he was raising her. |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | Est 4:5 |
| So Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs who had been placed at her service, 1 and instructed him to find out the cause and reason for Mordecai’s behavior. 2 |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | 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. |
