Esther 6:12

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• 2 Samuel 15:30
  But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
• Jeremiah 14:3–4
  The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
• 1 Kings 21:4
  So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
• Job 20:5
  …the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
• 1 Samuel 3:15
  Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
• Job 9:24
  The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
• Esther 2:19
  When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
• 2 Chronicles 26:20
  When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
• 1 Kings 20:43
  Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
• 2 Samuel 17:23
  When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• Esther 7:8
  Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
• Psalm 131:1–2
  A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.

People

Haman: A Persian official who plotted to destroy the Jews· Mordecai: Esther's cousin, a Jewish leader in the Persian court

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Book of Esther· Chamberlain

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God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The· Head in Grief: Covered Up· Mourning: Covering: The Head and the Face