And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, 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.
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And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Judges
HistoryIn that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Numbers
LawBut Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIf thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Acts
HistoryThen Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua
HistoryFor, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
Joel
Minor ProphetsBut thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Exodus
LawAnd Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
1 Kings
HistoryThen the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
Esther
HistoryFor the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryFor this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesIt is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?