Esther 6:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,

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  • Dan 2:1 : 1 In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him.
  • Dan 6:18 : 18 Then they got a stone and put it over the mouth of the hole, and it was stamped with the king's stamp and with the stamp of the lords, so that the decision about Daniel might not be changed.
  • 1 Sam 23:26-27 : 26 And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them. 27 But a man came to Saul saying, Be quick and come; for the Philistines have made an attack on the land.
  • Esth 2:23 : 23 And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.
  • Esth 10:2 : 2 And all his acts of power and his great strength and the full story of the high place which the king gave Mordecai, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Media and Persia?
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
  • Mal 3:16 : 16 Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
  • Esth 5:8 : 8 If I have the king's approval, and if it is the king's pleasure to give me my prayer and do my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast which I will make ready for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.

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  • Esth 6:2-5
    4 verses
    84%

    2 It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.

    3 And the king said, What honour and reward have been given to Mordecai for this? Then the servants who were waiting on the king said, Nothing has been done for him.

    4 Then the king said, Who is in the outer room? Now Haman had come into the outer room to get the king's authority for the hanging of Mordecai on the pillar which he had made ready for him.

    5 And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.

  • Ezra 6:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.

    2 And at Achmetha, in the great house of the king in the land of Media, they came across a roll, in which this statement was put on record:

  • Esth 1:10
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    10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven unsexed servants who were waiting before Ahasuerus the king,

  • Esth 1:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, (that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:)

    2 That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,

    3 In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;

  • Dan 6:18
    75%

    18 Then they got a stone and put it over the mouth of the hole, and it was stamped with the king's stamp and with the stamp of the lords, so that the decision about Daniel might not be changed.

  • Esth 2:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21 In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

    22 And Mordecai, having knowledge of their purpose, sent word of it to Esther the queen; and Esther gave the news to the king in Mordecai's name.

  • Esth 10:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 And King Ahasuerus put a tax on the land and on the islands of the sea.

    2 And all his acts of power and his great strength and the full story of the high place which the king gave Mordecai, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Media and Persia?

  • Esth 1:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12 But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

    13 And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:

    14 And second only to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who were friends of the king, and had the first places in the kingdom:)

    15 What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?

  • Esth 8:1
    73%

    1 That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

  • Esth 6:14
    73%

    14 While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.

  • Dan 5:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing.

    6 Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.

  • Ezra 4:6
    73%

    6 And in the time of Ahasuerus, when he first became king, they put on record a statement against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Esth 6:10
    72%

    10 Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.

  • Esth 9:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about, and the Jews had rule over their haters;

    2 On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.

  • Esth 3:12
    71%

    12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.

  • Esth 7:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

    8 Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.

  • Esth 2:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

    2 Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

  • Esth 3:6
    71%

    6 But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

  • Esth 1:19
    71%

    19 If it is pleasing to the king, let an order go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it may never be changed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her place to another who is better than she.

  • Dan 6:15
    71%

    15 When this thing came to the king's ears, it was very evil to him, and his heart was fixed on keeping Daniel safe, and till the going down of the sun he was doing everything in his power to get him free.

  • Dan 2:1
    71%

    1 In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him.

  • Dan 4:6
    71%

    6 And I gave orders for all the wise men of Babylon to come in before me so that they might make clear to me the sense of my dream.

  • Esth 7:1
    71%

    1 So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.

  • Esth 3:3
    70%

    3 Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?

  • Esth 2:4
    70%

    4 And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.

  • Esth 6:12
    70%

    12 And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.

  • Esth 8:5
    70%

    5 And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

  • Esth 9:26
    70%

    26 So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

  • Esth 2:19
    70%

    19 And when the virgins came together in the second house of the women, Mordecai took his seat in the doorway of the king's house.

  • Esth 4:12
    70%

    12 And they said these words to Mordecai.

  • Dan 5:8
    70%

    8 Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

  • Dan 5:10
    70%

    10 The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the house of the feast: the queen made answer and said, O King, have life for ever; do not be troubled by your thoughts or let the colour go from your face:

  • Esth 4:5
    70%

    5 Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.

  • Esth 9:11
    70%

    11 On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.

  • Esth 8:9
    70%

    9 Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all the divisions of the kingdom from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven divisions, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and their language.