Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
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And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Numbers
LawO God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms
PoetryStrengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Judges
History / SamuelForasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Luke
GospelsAnd I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Revelation
ApocalypticA fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Esther
HistoryAs silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTo speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Numbers
Law / MosesBeware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAll our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
Joshua
HistoryBut judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalms
PoetryKnowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.