Esther 6:3

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Related verses

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• Ecclesiastes 9:15
  Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
• Genesis 40:23
  The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
• 1 Samuel 17:25–26
  Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
• Acts 28:8–10
  The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
• 1 Chronicles 11:6
  Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
• Daniel 5:16
  But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
• Psalm 118:8–9
  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
• Daniel 5:29
  Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
• Judges 1:12–13
  And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
• Daniel 5:7
  The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

People

Mordecai: Esther's cousin, a Jewish leader in the Persian court

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Book of Esther· Chamberlain· Esther, Additions to

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Civil Service: Appointment In, on Account of Merit· God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The· Mordecai: Informs Ahasuerus of a Conspiracy Against his Life and is Rewarded