Esther 8:1
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto ther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for ther had told what he was unto her.
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- Esth 2:7 : 7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, ther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
- Esth 2:15 : 15 Now when the turn of ther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And ther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
- Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
- Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
- Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
- Esth 7:6 : 6 And ther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- Ps 49:6-9 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
- Esth 1:14 : 14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Mer, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princ of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
- Prov 28:8 : 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- Eccl 2:18-19 : 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: bause I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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- Esth 8:2-54 verses91%
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And ther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And ther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and bought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward ther. So ther arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his ey, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to dtroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinc:
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7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto ther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given ther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
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1 After the things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princ that were with him.
- Esth 7:5-84 verses81%
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto ther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst prume in his heart to do so?
6 And ther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make requt for his life to ther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon ther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
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1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with ther the queen.
- Esth 3:10-112 verses80%
10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
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22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto ther the queen; and ther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
- Esth 4:7-104 verses79%
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuri for the Jews, to dtroy them.
8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to dtroy them, to shew it unto ther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make requt before him for her people.
9 And Hatach came and told ther the words of Mordecai.
10 Again ther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
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14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that ther had prepared.
- Esth 9:24-263 verses79%
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to dtroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to dtroy them;
25 But when ther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Wherefore they called the days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
- Esth 6:10-123 verses79%
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
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1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemi of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
- Esth 6:4-52 verses78%
4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
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6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to dtroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
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18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princ and his servants, even ther's feast; and he made a release to the provinc, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
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12 And they told to Mordecai ther's words.
- Esth 5:11-122 verses78%
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his rich, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princ and servants of the king.
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, ther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
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5 Then called ther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
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12 Upon one day in all the provinc of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
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1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that ther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
- Esth 5:4-52 verses77%
4 And ther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as ther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that ther had prepared.
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8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that ther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
- Esth 5:8-92 verses77%
8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my requt, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
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10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
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29 Then ther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
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13 Then said ther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
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11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how ther did, and what should become of her.
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11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
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2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
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4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
- Esth 2:15-162 verses76%
15 Now when the turn of ther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And ther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16 So ther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.