Esther 6:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

That night the king could not sleep, so he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

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  • Dan 2:1 : 1 In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and his sleep left him.
  • Dan 6:18 : 18 Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
  • 1 Sam 23:26-27 : 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men, intending to capture them. 27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
  • Esth 2:23 : 23 And when investigation was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
  • Esth 10:2 : 2 And all the acts of his power and might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
  • Mal 3:16 : 16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for those who feared the LORD and thought upon his name.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
  • Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
  • Esth 5:8 : 8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.

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  • Esth 6:2-5
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    84%

    2And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

    3And the king said, What honor and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants who attended him said, Nothing has been done for him.

    4And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

    5And the king's servants said to him, Look, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

  • Ezra 6:1-2
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    77%

    1Then King Darius made a decree, and a search was made in the house of the scrolls, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

    2And a scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, with this record written in it:

  • Esth 1:10
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    10On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

  • Esth 1:1-3
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    1Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces).

    2In those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

    3In the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.

  • Dan 6:18
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    18Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

  • Esth 2:21-22
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    21In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the door, were angry, and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

    22And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it to Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king in Mordecai's name.

  • Esth 10:1-2
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    1And King Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon the islands of the sea.

    2And all the acts of his power and might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

  • Esth 1:12-15
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    12But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his eunuchs; therefore, the king was very angry, and his fury burned within him.

    13Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's manner toward all who knew law and judgment,

    14And the closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face and who sat first in the kingdom).

    15What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the commandment of King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?

  • Esth 8:1
    73%

    1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had revealed who he was to her.

  • Esth 6:14
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    14And while they were still talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

  • Dan 5:5-6
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    5In the same hour, fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

    6Then the king's face changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees knocked against each other.

  • Ezra 4:6
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    6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, at the start of his reign, they wrote to him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Esth 6:10
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    10Then the king said to Haman, Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.

  • Esth 9:1-2
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    1Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his decree came to be executed, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned around, so the Jews had power over those who hated them;)

    2The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who sought their harm: and no one could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

  • Esth 3:12
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    12Then the king's scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, according to its writing and to every people in their language; in the name of King Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

  • Esth 7:7-8
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    7And the king, arising from the wine banquet in his wrath, went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to plead for his life to Queen Esther; for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.

    8Then the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the wine banquet; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, Will he also assault the queen before me in the house? As the words came out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

  • Esth 2:1-2
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    71%

    1After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

    2Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king."

  • Esth 3:6
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    6And he thought it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

  • Esth 1:19
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    19If it pleases the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it shall not be altered, that Vashti shall no more come before King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

  • Dan 6:15
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    15Then these men assembled to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed.

  • Dan 2:1
    71%

    1In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and his sleep left him.

  • Dan 4:6
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    6Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

  • Esth 7:1
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    1So the king and Haman came to feast with Queen Esther.

  • Esth 3:3
    70%

    3Then the king's servants who were in the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's commandment?"

  • Esth 2:4
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    4And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

  • Esth 6:12
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    12And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and with his head covered.

  • Esth 8:5
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    5And said, If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter is right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king's provinces.

  • Esth 9:26
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    26Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore, for all the words of this letter, and what they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come to them,

  • Esth 2:19
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    19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

  • Esth 4:12
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    12And they told Mordecai Esther's words.

  • Dan 5:8
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    8Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

  • Dan 5:10
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    10Now the queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet hall. The queen spoke and said, "O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

  • Esth 4:5
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    5Then Esther called for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend to her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.

  • Esth 9:11
    70%

    11On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

  • Esth 8:9
    70%

    9Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the governors and officials and rulers of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and language.