1 The Lord removed sleep from the king that night; so he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him. (WEB) 2 And he found the records written concerning Mordecai, how he had told the king about the king’s two chamberlains, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Ahasuerus. (WEB)
Greek Esther 6:1–2
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Esther 6:1–2
1 That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him. 2 And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they…
Greek Esther 2:20–22
20 Now Esther had not revealed her country, for so Mordecai commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him. Esther didn’t change her manner of life. (WEB) 21 Two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, beca… (WEB)
Greek Esther 1:1–2
1a [In the second year of the reign of Ahasuerus the great king, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Jew dwelling in the city Susa, a great man, serving in the king’s palace, saw a… (WEB) 1b … (WEB)
Esther 2:20–22
20 Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care. 21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs…
1 Esdras 3:12–14
12 The third wrote, “Women are strongest, but above all things Truth is the victor.” (WEB) 13 Now when the king woke up, they took the writing and gave it to him, so he read it. (WEB) 14 Sending out, he called all the princes of Persia and of Media, the local governors, the captain… (WEB)
Esther 10:1–3
1 Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores. 2 And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book…
Greek Esther 12:3–5
3 Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and after that they had confessed it, they were strangled. (KJV) 4 And the king made a record of these things, and Mardocheus also wrote thereof. (KJV) 5 So the king commanded, Mardocheus to serve in the court, and for this he rewarded h… (KJV)
Ezra 6:1–3
1 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon. 2 And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum: 3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree…
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