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10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take three[a] men with you from here, and pull the prophet Jeremiah up from the cistern before he dies.”

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  1. 38.10 Cn: Heb thirty

21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.

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10 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
    but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.(A)

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Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hung him on the pole because he plotted to kill[a] the Jews.(A)

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  1. 8.7 Heb to lay hands on

As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won his favor, and he held out to her the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter.(A)

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