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highlighted Esther 9:1 ESV
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and edict were about to be carried out, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.
Sep 30
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:13 ESV
A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies.
Sep 30
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:11 ESV
saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, and to plunder their goods,
Sep 30
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:8 ESV
But you may write as you please with regard to the Jews, in the name of the king, and seal it with the king's ring, for an edict written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked."
Sep 30
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:2 ESV
And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Sep 30
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:1 ESV
On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.
Sep 30
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 7:10 ESV
And the king said, "Hang him on that." So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
Sep 30
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highlighted Esther 7:6 ESV
And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
Sep 30
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highlighted Esther 7:3 ESV
Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request.
Sep 30
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 7:1 ESV
So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.
Sep 30
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highlighted Esther 6:6 ESV
So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?" And Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?"
Sep 30
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highlighted Esther 6:10 ESV
Then the king said to Haman, "Hurry; take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned."
Sep 30
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highlighted Esther 6:2 ESV
And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
Sep 30
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highlighted Esther 6:1 ESV
On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
Sep 30
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highlighted Esther 5:4 ESV
And Esther said, "If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king."
Sep 29
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highlighted Esther 5:1 ESV
On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.
Sep 29
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 4:14 ESV
For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
Sep 29
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highlighted Esther 4:8 ESV
Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him on behalf of her people.
Sep 29
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highlighted Esther 4:1 ESV
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry.
Sep 29