Post [N] [S] A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. ( 2?Chronicles 30:6 ; Esther 3:13 Esther 3:15 ; Esther 8:10 Esther ...
Overview - Psalms 112 1?Godliness has the promises of this life, 4?and of the life to come. 10?The prosperity of the godly shall be an eyesore to the...
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Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeProverbs 24:2??(King James Version)For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. ? 8 ; 6:14 ...
Overview - Esther 5 1?Esther, adventuring on the king's favour, obtains the grace of the golden sceptre, and invites the king and Haman to a banquet. ...
Overview - Esther 8 1?Mordecai is advanced. 3?Esther makes suit to reverse Haman's letters. 7?Ahasuerus grants to the Jews to defend themselves. 15?...
Months Sun and moon designed to mark out Genesis 1:14 The patriarchs computed time by Genesis 29:14 The Jews computed time by Judges 11:37...
Overview - Ecclesiastes 6 1?The vanity of riches without use; 3?though a man have many children and a long life. 7?The vanity of sight and wandering...
Overview - Esther 1 1?Ahasuerus makes royal feasts. 10?Vashti, sent for, refuses to come. 13?Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, a...
Overview - Esther 3 1?Haman, advanced by the king, and despised by Mordecai, seeks revenge upon all the Jews. 7?He casts lots. 8?He obtains by calum...
Overview - Genesis 49 1?Jacob calls his sons to bless them. 3?Their blessing in particular. 29?He charges them about his burial. 33?He dies. Treasury...
Overview - Esther 2 1?Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen. 5?Mordecai the nursing father of Esther. 8?Esther preferred before the r...
Overview - 1?Kings 22 1?Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain at Ramoth-gilead. 37?The dogs lick up his blood, a...
Overview - Esther 7 1?Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, makes suit for her own life, and her people's. 5?She accuses Haman. 7?The king in his...
Overview - Daniel 9 1?Daniel, considering the time of the captivity, 3?makes confession of sins, 16?and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem. 20?Ga...
ABAGTHA a-bag'-tha ('abhaghetha', perhaps meaning fortunate one): One of the seven eunuchs, or chamberlains, of Xerxes mentioned in Esther 1:10. The ...
Ring [E] [S]Of gold Numbers 31:50 Worn as a badge of office Genesis 41:42 Given as a token Esther 3:10 Esther 3:12 ; 8:2-10 Worn in the nose ...
Overview - Proverbs 26 1?Observations about fools; 13?about sluggards; 17?and about contentious busy-bodies. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeProverbs 2...
Overview - Esther 1 1?Ahasuerus makes royal feasts. 10?Vashti, sent for, refuses to come. 13?Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, a...
Overview - 2?Samuel 21 1?The three years' famine for the Gibeonites ceases, by hanging seven of Saul's sons. 10?Rizpah's kindness unto the dead. 12?Da...