Persia [E] [H] [S]An empire which extended from India to Ethiopia, comprising one-hundred and twenty-seven provinces Esther 1:1 ; Daniel 6:1 Govern...
Esther 9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur, &c.] The lot; because of the lots cast by Haman; see ( Esther 3:7 ) , ther...
Overview - Daniel 8 1?Daniel's vision of the ram and he goat. 13?The two thousand three hundred days of the suspension of the daily sacrifice. 15?Gabr...
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 - Ezra 2 1?The number that return of the people; 36?of the priests; 40?of the Levites; 43?of the Nethinims; 55?of Solomon's servants; 61?of t...
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 1 1?Ahasuerus makes royal feasts. 10?Vashti, sent for, refuses to come. 13?Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, a...
Queen [E] [S]The wife of a king 1?Kings 11:19 Crowned Esther 1:11 ; 2:17 Divorced Esther 1:10-22 Sits on the throne with the king Nehemiah 2:...
Esther 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed The fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar: according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther th...
Entertainments Often great Genesis 21:8 ; Daniel 5:1 ; Luke 5:29 GIVEN ON OCCASIONS OF Marriage Matthew 22:2 Birthdays Mark 6:21 Wean...
Overview - Esther 9 1?The Jews slay their enemies, with the ten sons of Haman. 12?Ahasuerus, at the request of Esther, grants another day of slaughter...
Overview - Psalms 78 1?An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God. 9?The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient...
Indecision General scriptures concerning 1?Kings 18:21 ; Hosea 10:2 ; Matthew 6:24 ; 26:41 ; James 1:8 ; 4:17 See DECISIONSee INSTABILITYSee LU...
Esther 3:7 In the first month, that is the month Nisan Which was the first month of the sacred year of the Jews, by divine appointment, ( Exodus 12:2 ...
Chamberlain [N] [S]a confidential servant of the king ( Genesis 37:36 ; 39:1 ). In Romans 16:23 mention is made of Erastus the chamberlain. Here th...
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...
CHAPTER 7 Esther 7:1-6 . ESTHER PLEADS FOR HER OWN LIFE AND THE LIFE OF HER PEOPLE. 4. we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed--t...
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...
Beauty [B]Vanity of Psalms 39:11 ; Proverbs 6:25 ; 31:30 ; Isaiah 3:24 ; Ezekiel 16:14 ; 28:17 Wastes away Psalms 39:11 ; 49:14 INSTANCES OF...
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...