Esther 10:3 Cross References - Thomson

³ Now Mordecai was viceroy of king Artaxerxes, and was great in the kingdom, and being honoured by the Jews and beloved, he enforced the observance of their religion on all his nation. And Mordecai said, These things have been done by God; for I remember the dream I had concerning these matters, and not one particular has failed [to occur]. A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, and much water. This river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen; and the two dragons are myself and Haman. And the nations were those that gathered to destroy the name of the Jews; and my nation is Israel, they that cried unto God and were delivered. For the Lord hath delivered His people, and the Lord hath saved us from all these evils. And God hath wrought signs and great wonders that have not been performed among the gentiles. Therefore hath he ordained two lots; one for the people of God and another for all the gentiles. And these two lots came in an hour and time and day of judgment before the face of God, and for all nations. And God remembered His people, and vindicated His inheritance. And they shall observe those days in the month Adar-the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month-with an assembly, and joy and gladness before God, among His people Israel throughout the generations forever. In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheos, who said he was a priest and a Levite, and his son, Ptolemy, brought this published epistle of Phrurai, which they said was the same [as the original by Mordecai], and which Lysimachos, the son of Ptolemy [Dositheos' son], had interpreted.

⁴⁰ Thou shalt be over my household and to thy command all my people shall pay obedience. Only on the throne will I be greater than thou.

⁴³ and caused him to mount a chariot next to that of his own. And a herald made proclamation before him. And when he had set him over all the land of Egypt, ⁴⁴ Pharao said to Joseph, I am Pharao. Without thee no man shall lift up his hand in all the land of Egypt.

¹⁷ and said to him, Fear not; for the hand of my father Saul cannot find thee; so that thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be second to thee, and Saul my father knoweth that this will be the case.

⁷ Zechri also, the chieftain of Ephraim, slew Maasias the king's son, and Ezrikan, the leader of his house, and Elkana, the lieutenant of the king.

¹⁰ But when Sanaballat the Aronite and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, heard this, it grieved them that a man was come to promote the welfare of the children of Israel.

² so that all the court bowed down to him for so the king had commanded to be done. But Mordecai did not bow down to him;

⁶ Pray, I beseech you, for the peace of Jerusalem; and for prosperity to them who love thee. ⁷ let there be peace in thine army and prosperity in thy palaces! ⁸ For the sake of my brethren and neighbours, I have expressed a wish of peace for thee; ⁹ For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I have earnestly sought thy good.

¹⁶ But I have heard of thee that thou canst solve difficulties. Now therefore if thou canst read that writing and explain to me the meaning of it, thou shalt be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold for thy neck and be a chief, third in rank, in my kingdom.

²⁹ Then Baltasar gave orders and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold about his neck, and proclamation was made concerning him that he was a chief, third in rank, in the kingdom.

² that I have great grief and incessant sorrow in my heart ³ [for I even I myself wished the followers of Christ to be devoted to destruction,] for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

¹ Brethren, the earnest desire of my heart and my supplication to God for Israel is, that they may be saved.

¹⁸ For he who serveth the Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.