Esther 7:9
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9 Then (A)Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Moreover, (B)the gallows[a] that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, (C)whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman's house, fifty cubits[b] high.” And the king said, “Hang him on that.”
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- Esther 7:9 Or wooden beam; also verse 10 (see note on 2:23)
- Esther 7:9 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Psalm 7:15-16
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15 He makes (A)a pit, digging it out,
and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His (B)mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the blameless (A)keeps his way straight,
but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
6 (B)The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the treacherous (C)are taken captive by their lust.
Esther 5:14
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14 Then (A)his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, (B)“Let a gallows[a] fifty cubits[b] high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
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- Esther 5:14 Or wooden beam; twice in this verse (see note on 2:23)
- Esther 5:14 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Esther 1:10
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Queen Vashti's Refusal
10 On the seventh day, (A)when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, (B)Harbona, (C)Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,
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Psalm 141:10
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10 Let the wicked (A)fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely.
Psalm 35:8
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8 Let (A)destruction come upon him (B)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his destruction!
Daniel 6:24
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24 And the king commanded, and (A)those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.
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Daniel 6:7
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7 All the (A)high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the (B)counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an (C)injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
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Psalm 73:19
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Psalm 37:35-36
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35 (A)I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
spreading himself like (B)a green laurel tree.[a]
36 But he passed away,[b] and behold, (C)he was no more;
though I sought him, he could not be found.
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:35 The identity of this tree is uncertain
- Psalm 37:36 Or But one passed by
Psalm 9:15-16
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15 The nations have sunk in (A)the pit that they made;
in (B)the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself (C)known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[a] Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Job 27:20-23
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20 (A)Terrors overtake him like (B)a flood;
in the night a whirlwind (C)carries him off.
21 (D)The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
it (E)sweeps him out of his place.
22 It[a] hurls at him (F)without pity;
he flees from its[b] power in headlong flight.
23 It (G)claps its hands at him
and (H)hisses at him from its place.
Esther 9:25
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25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing (A)that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews (B)should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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Esther 6:14
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Esther Reveals Haman's Plot
14 While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman (A)to the feast that Esther had prepared.
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Esther 6:2
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2 And it was found written how (A)Mordecai had told about (B)Bigthana[a] and (C)Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
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- Esther 6:2 Bigthana is an alternate spelling of Bigthan (see 2:21)
1 Samuel 17:51
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51 Then David ran and stood over the Philistine (A)and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, (B)they fled.
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Esther 2:21-23
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21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, (A)Bigthan and (B)Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, (C)and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.[a] And it was recorded in (D)the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.
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- Esther 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11)
2 Kings 9:32
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32 And he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
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