Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
Matthew
GospelsAnd there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThree bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
Exodus
LawIf he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Exodus
LawTherefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Joshua
History / JoshuaNow the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAll they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
Numbers
Law / MosesJesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John
Gospels / JohnThey are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Job
WisdomAnd whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
Luke
GospelsAnd now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
Genesis
LawWho hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs
WisdomDelight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLet thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
1 Kings
HistoryThey gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Matthew
GospelsOf the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: