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Esther

Esther (Old Testament • 10 Chapters): Esther (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Jair , Shimei , Kish , Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah . Key places: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish , Jair . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and..." Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Babylonian Captivity & Post-Exilic Return—In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Esther 4:12 : "And they told to Mordecai Esther 's words."; Esther 6:12 : "And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered."; Esther 8:12 : "Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.". Related canonical books and chapters: Esther (Old Testament • 10 Chapters), 1 Corinthians 12 ( 1 Corinthians • Chapter 12 (31 verses)), 2 Corinthians 12 ( 2 Corinthians • Chapter 12 (21 verses)).

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Esther
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Old Testament • 10 Chapters

Esther (Old Testament, 10 chapters). Key figures: Jair , Shimei , Kish , Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah . Key places: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish , Jair . Opens with: "Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and..."

1 Corinthians 12
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1 Corinthians • Chapter 12 (31 verses)

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man c... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

2 Corinthians 12
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2 Corinthians • Chapter 12 (21 verses)

It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third hea... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Acts 12
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Acts • Chapter 12 (25 verses)

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Mentions: James ( Jacob ), Mary , Saul , Caesarea , Tyre , Sidon , Jerusalem .

Hebrews 12
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Hebrews • Chapter 12 (29 verses)

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Esau ( Edom ), Moses , Abel , Esau, Jerusalem .

John 12
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John • Chapter 12 (50 verses)

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany , where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikena... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Judas , Simon , Jacob/Israel , Bethany 1 , Jerusalem , Bethsaida , Galilee .

Luke 12
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Luke • Chapter 12 (59 verses)

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that sha... Mentions: Solomon .

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 0 Chapters

The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther, which are found neiither in the Hebrew, nor in the Chaldee ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 0 chapters).

Matthew 12
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Matthew • Chapter 12 (50 verses)

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. But he... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Solomon , Nineveh .

Mark 12
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Mark • Chapter 12 (44 verses)

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .

Revelation 12
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Revelation • Chapter 12 (17 verses)

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and beh... Mentions: Michael , Yeshua the Messiah .

Romans 12
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Romans • Chapter 12 (21 verses)

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Chronicles 12
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 12 (40 verses)

Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag , while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish : and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrow... Mentions: David , Saul , Kish , Benjamin , Joash , Ziklag , Azmaveth , Gedor 1 , Jordan , Hebron .

1 Kings 12
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1 Kings • Chapter 12 (33 verses)

And Rehoboam went to Shechem : for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt , heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon , and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt ;) That they sent and called ... Mentions: Rehoboam , Jacob/Israel , Solomon , David , Jesse , Shechem, Egypt, Jerusalem , Ephraim , Penuel .

1 Samuel 12
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1 Samuel • Chapter 12 (25 verses)

And Samuel said unto all Israel , Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my... Mentions: Samuel , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Aaron , Moab , Egypt , Hazor 1 , Ammon .

2 Chronicles 12
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 12 (16 verses)

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem , because they had tr... Mentions: Rehoboam, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Solomon , Iddo , Egypt , Jerusalem , Naamah .

2 Kings 12
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2 Kings • Chapter 12 (21 verses)

In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer–sheba. And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. But the high places ... Mentions: Judah , Jehoshaphat , Ahaziah , Joash , David , Jerusalem , Syria , Gath , Millo , Silla .

2 Samuel 12
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2 Samuel • Chapter 12 (31 verses)

And the Lord sent Nathan unto David . And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nouris... Mentions: Nathan , David , Jacob/Israel , Saul , Judah , Ammon , Rabbah , Jerusalem .

Daniel 12
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Daniel • Chapter 12 (13 verses)

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall b... Mentions: Michael , Daniel .

Deuteronomy 12
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 12 (32 verses)

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their ... Mentions: Jordan .

Ecclesiastes 12
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Ecclesiastes • Chapter 12 (14 verses)

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: In the day whe...

Esther 1
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Esther • Chapter 1 (22 verses)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia , over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, In the th... Mentions: India , Ethiopia , Persia , Media , Tarshish .

Esther 2
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Esther • Chapter 2 (23 verses)

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: And let the king appoint ... Mentions: Jair , Shimei , Kish , Jehoiachin (or Jeconiah ), Judah , Jerusalem , Babylon .

Esther 3
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Esther • Chapter 3 (15 verses)

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commande...

Esther 4
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Esther • Chapter 4 (17 verses)

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sac...

Esther 5
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Esther • Chapter 5 (14 verses)

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. And it was so, when the king...

Esther 6
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Esther • Chapter 6 (14 verses)

On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sough...

Esther 7
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Esther • Chapter 7 (10 verses)

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the...

Esther 8
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Esther • Chapter 8 (17 verses)

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set ... Mentions: India , Ethiopia .

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and deported Judah , including King Jehoiachin and High Priest Jehozadak ( 1 Chronicles 6:15 ), before the Persian decree of Cyrus enabled Zerubbabel , Joshua , Ezra , and Nehemiah to rebuild the Temple and walls of Jerusalem .

Esther 9
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Esther • Chapter 9 (32 verses)

Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that th...

Esther 10
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Esther • Chapter 10 (3 verses)

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings o... Mentions: Media , Persia .

Dead Sea Scrolls — Habakkuk Pesher (1QpHab) Column 12
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Eschatological commentary (pesher) interpreting Habakkuk 's prophecies in light of the Teacher of Righteousness.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gallio Inscription at Delphi — Proconsul of Achaia (Acts 18:12)
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Rescript of Emperor Claudius dating the proconsulship of Gallio in Corinth to 51–52 CE, the chronological anchor of Pauline chronology.

Roman Imperial Chancellery (Claudius) / Delphi Excavation • Delphi Archaeological Museum / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Map of the 12 Tribal Allotments in Canaan (Joshua 13–21)
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Territorial borders and inheritance divisions allotted to the twelve tribes of Israel under Joshua and Eleazar .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Exodus 12
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Exodus • Chapter 12 (51 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt , saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel , saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them... Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Rameses , Succoth 1 .

Scripture Passages (24)

And they told to Mordecai Esther 's words.

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

Then answered Esther , and said, My petition and my request is;

And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther . So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

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