Esther’s Plea 1 Now the king and Haman came to drinkwinewith Esther the queen. 2 And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of the […]
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Esther 8
Mordecai Promoted 1 On that day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had disclosed what he was to her. 2 The king took off his signet ring which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to […]
Esther 9
The Jews Destroy Their Enemies 1 Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that […]
Esther 10
Mordecai’s Greatness 1 Now King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. 2 And all the accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of […]
Nehemiah 1
Nehemiah’s Grief for the Exiles 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. # Now it happened in the month Chislev,inthe twentieth year, while I was in Susa thecapitol, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escapedandhad survived the […]
Nehemiah 2
Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered 1 And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that winewasbefore him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad […]
Nehemiah 3
Builders of the Walls 1 Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundredandthe Tower of Hananel. 2 Next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur […]
Nehemiah 4
Work Is Ridiculed 1 Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews. 2 He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthymenof Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restoreitfor themselves? […]
Nehemiah 5
Usury Abolished 1 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. 2 For there were those who said, “We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live.” 3 There were others who said, “We are mortgaging […]
Nehemiah 6
The Enemy’s Plot 1 Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, andthatno breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates, 2 then Sanballat and Geshem senta messageto […]