(1.0003324909747) | Est 7:4 | For we have been sold<n id="1" /> 8211; both I and my people 8211; to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.8221;p> |
(1.0003324909747) | Est 9:4 | Mordecai was of high rank<n id="1" /> in the king8217;s palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence<n id="2" /> continued to become greater and greater.p> |
(0.99256991576414) | Est 3:5 | <p class="bodytext">When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he<n id="1" /> was filled with rage. |
(0.99008303249097) | Est 7:7 | In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life,<n id="1" /> for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him.<n id="2" />p> |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 1:8 | There were no restrictions on the drinking,<n id="1" /> for the king had instructed all of his supervisors<n id="2" /> that they should do as everyone so desired.<n id="3" /> |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 1:11 | to bring Queen Vashti into the king8217;s presence wearing her royal high turban. He wanted to show the people and the officials her beauty, for she was very attractive.<n id="1" /> |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 1:13 | <p class="bodytext">The king then inquired of the wise men who were discerners of the times 8211; for it was the royal custom to confer with all those who were proficient in laws and legalities.<n id="1" /> |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 1:20 | And let the king8217;s decision which he will enact be disseminated<n id="1" /> throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is.<n id="2" /> Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.8221;p> |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 2:10 | <p class="bodytext">Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage,<n id="1" /> for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.<n id="2" /> |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 4:2 | But he went no further than the king8217;s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king8217;s gate clothed in sackcloth. |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 8:6 | For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?8221;<n id="1" />p> |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 9:3 | All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king8217;s business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them. |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 9:24 | For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast <i>puri> (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them. |
(0.98532226233454) | Est 10:3 | Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was the highest-ranking<n id="1" /> Jew, and he was admired by his numerous relatives.<n id="2" /> He worked enthusiastically<n id="3" /> for the good of his people and was an advocate for the welfare of<n id="4" /> all his descendants.<n id="5" />p> |
(0.97807484957882) | Est 1:16 | <p class="bodytext">Memucan then replied to the king and the officials, 8220;The wrong of Queen Vashti is not against the king alone, but against all the officials and all the people who are throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. |
(0.97807484957882) | Est 1:17 | For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, 8216;When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.8217; |
(0.97807484957882) | Est 2:7 | Now he was acting as the guardian<n id="1" /> of Hadassah<n id="2" /> (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, for neither her father nor her mother was alive.<n id="3" /> This young woman was very attractive and had a beautiful figure.<n id="4" /> When her father and mother died, Mordecai had raised her<n id="5" /> as if she were his own daughter.p> |
(0.97807484957882) | Est 2:12 | <p class="bodytext">At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women,<n id="1" /> when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus 8211; for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women 8211; |
(0.97807484957882) | Est 2:14 | In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to a separate part<n id="1" /> of the harem, to the authority of Shaashgaz the king8217;s eunuch who was overseeing the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless the king was pleased with her<n id="2" /> and she was requested by name.p> |
(0.97807484957882) | Est 3:2 | As a result,<n id="1" /> all the king8217;s servants who were at the king8217;s gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow,<n id="2" /> nor did he pay him homage.p> |