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Esther 1:3
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Esther 1:3
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3 In the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. He invited all the military officers of Persia and Media as well as the princes and nobles of the provinces.
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Esther 1:3
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Esther 1:3
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3 and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet(A) for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.
Mark 6:21
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Mark 6:21
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21 Herodias’s chance finally came on Herod’s birthday. He gave a party for his high government officials, army officers, and the leading citizens of Galilee.
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Mark 6:21
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Mark 6:21
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21 Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet(A) for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.(B)
Daniel 5:1
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Daniel 5:1
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The Writing on the Wall
5 Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
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Daniel 5:1
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Daniel 5:1
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The Writing on the Wall
5 King Belshazzar(A) gave a great banquet(B) for a thousand of his nobles(C) and drank wine with them.
Esther 2:18
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Esther 2:18
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18 To celebrate the occasion, he gave a great banquet in Esther’s honor for all his nobles and officials, declaring a public holiday for the provinces and giving generous gifts to everyone.
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Esther 2:18
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Esther 2:18
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18 And the king gave a great banquet,(A) Esther’s banquet, for all his nobles and officials.(B) He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.(C)
1 Kings 3:15
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1 Kings 3:15
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15 Then Solomon woke up and realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, where he sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he invited all his officials to a great banquet.
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Jeremiah 51:11
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Jeremiah 51:11
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11 Sharpen the arrows!
Lift up the shields![a]
For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes
to march against Babylon and destroy her.
This is his vengeance against those
who desecrated his Temple.
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- 51:11 Greek version reads Fill up the quivers.
Isaiah 21:2
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Isaiah 21:2
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2 I see a terrifying vision:
I see the betrayer betraying,
the destroyer destroying.
Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,
attack and lay siege.
I will make an end
to all the groaning Babylon caused.
Isaiah 21:2
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Isaiah 21:2
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Genesis 40:20
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Genesis 40:20
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20 Pharaoh’s birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned[a] his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.
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- 40:20 Hebrew He lifted up the head of.
Genesis 40:20
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Genesis 40:20
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20 Now the third day(A) was Pharaoh’s birthday,(B) and he gave a feast for all his officials.(C) He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker(D) in the presence of his officials:
Daniel 8:20
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Daniel 8:20
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20 The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia.
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Daniel 8:20
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Daniel 8:20
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20 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.(A)
Daniel 6:6-7
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Daniel 6:6-7
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6 So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius! 7 We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
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Daniel 6:6-7
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Daniel 6:6-7
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6 So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!(A) 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors(B) have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.(C)
Daniel 6:1
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Daniel 6:1
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Daniel in the Lions’ Den
6 [a]Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province.
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- 6:1 Verses 6:1-28 are numbered 6:2-29 in Aramaic text.
Daniel 6:1
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Daniel 6:1
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Daniel in the Den of Lions
6 [a]It pleased Darius(A) to appoint 120 satraps(B) to rule throughout the kingdom,
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- Daniel 6:1 In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.
Daniel 5:28
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Daniel 5:28
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28 Parsin[a] means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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- 5:28 Aramaic Peres, the singular of Parsin.
Daniel 5:28
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Daniel 5:28
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- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
Daniel 3:2-3
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Daniel 3:2-3
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2 Then he sent messages to the high officers, officials, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials to come to the dedication of the statue he had set up. 3 So all these officials[a] came and stood before the statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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- 3:3 Aramaic the high officers, officials, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials.
Daniel 3:2-3
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Daniel 3:2-3
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2 He then summoned the satraps,(A) prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials(B) to come to the dedication of the image he had set up. 3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
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