Haman Hanged Instead of Mordecai 1 So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. 2 And on the second day,at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “Whatisyour petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And whatisyour request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!” 3 […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Esther 8
Esther Saves the Jews 1 On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, theenemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had toldhow hewasrelatedto her. 2 So the king took offhis signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai; and Esther appointed […]
Esther 9
The Jews Destroy Their Tormentors 1 Nowin the twelfth month, thatis,the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day,thetimecame for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselvesoverpowered those who hated them. 2 […]
Esther 10
Mordecai’s Advancement 1 And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land andonthe islands of the sea. 2 Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai,to which the king advanced him,arethey not written in the book of thechronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 3 […]
Nehemiah 1
Nehemiah Prays for His People 1 The words ofNehemiah the son of Hachaliah. # It came to pass in the month of Chislev,inthetwentieth year, as I was inShushan the citadel, 2 thatHanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the […]
Nehemiah 2
Nehemiah Sent to Judah 1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year ofKing Artaxerxes,whenwinewasbefore him, thatI took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before. 2 Therefore the king said to me, “Whyisyour face sad, since youarenot sick? […]
Nehemiah 3
Rebuilding the Wall 1 ThenEliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priestsand built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They builtas far as the Tower of the Hundred,andconsecrated it, then as far as the Tower ofHananel. 2 Next toEliashibthe men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur […]
Nehemiah 4
The Wall Defended Against Enemies 1 But it so happened,when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they […]
Nehemiah 5
Nehemiah Deals with Oppression 1 And there was a greatoutcry of the people and their wives against theirJewish brethren. 2 For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughtersaremany; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.” 3 There were alsosomewho said, “We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards […]
Nehemiah 6
Conspiracy Against Nehemiah 1 Now it happenedwhen Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, andthatthere were no breaks left in it(though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), 2 that Sanballat and Geshemsent to me, saying, “Come, let us […]