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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 officials and ministers. The army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the governors of the provinces were present,(A)
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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 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee.(A)
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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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Belshazzar’s Feast
5 King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.(A)
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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 Then the king gave a great banquet to all his officials and ministers: “Esther’s banquet.” He also granted a holiday[a] to the provinces and gave gifts with royal liberality.(A)
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- 2.18 Or an amnesty or a release from taxes
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 awoke; it had been a dream. He came to Jerusalem, where he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. He offered up burnt offerings and offerings of well-being and provided a feast for all his servants.(A)
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Jeremiah 51:11
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Jeremiah 51:11
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11 Sharpen the arrows!
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for his temple.(A)
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Isaiah 21:2
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Isaiah 21:2
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
the betrayer betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.(A)
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 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.(A)
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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 As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are 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 satraps conspired and came to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever!(A) 7 All the administrators of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an interdict, that whoever prays to any god or human, for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions.(B)
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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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The Plot against Daniel
6 [a]It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom,(A)
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- 6.1 6.2 in Aram
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 peres:[a] your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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- 5.28 The singular of Parsin
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 King Nebuchadnezzar sent for the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to assemble and come to the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.(A) 3 So the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. When they were standing before the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had set up,
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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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