Esther 3:7

In the first month, the month of Nisan (Mar-Apr), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Haman cast Pur, that is, the lot, cast before him day after day [to find a lucky day to approach the king], month after month, until the twelfth month, the month of Adar (Feb-Mar).

Ezra 6:15

This temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Esther 9:24-26

For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, [to find the right time] to disturb and destroy them.

Nehemiah 2:1

In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was placed before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not [previously] been sad in his presence.

Esther 1:3

in the third year of his reign he held a banquet for all his officials and his attendants. The army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of the provinces were there in his presence.

Esther 2:16

So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, to his royal palace in the tenth month, that is, the month of Tebeth (Dec-Jan), in the seventh year of his reign.

Esther 9:1

Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar) on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the [very] day when the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them [and slaughter them], it happened the other way around so that the Jews themselves gained power over those who hated them.

Esther 9:5

So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Esther 9:17-19

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

Esther 9:21

obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually,

Proverbs 16:33


The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the Lord.

Ezekiel 21:21-22

For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim (household idols), he looks at the liver [of an animal for an omen].

Matthew 27:35

And when they had crucified Him, they divided His clothes among them by casting lots.

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Summary

In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

The first month

General references

Bible References

The first month

Nehemiah 2:1
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was placed before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not [previously] been sad in his presence.

They cast pur

Esther 9:24
For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, [to find the right time] to disturb and destroy them.
Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the Lord.
Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim (household idols), he looks at the liver [of an animal for an omen].
Matthew 27:35
And when they had crucified Him, they divided His clothes among them by casting lots.

Adar

Esther 9:1
Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar) on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the [very] day when the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them [and slaughter them], it happened the other way around so that the Jews themselves gained power over those who hated them.
Ezra 6:15
This temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

General references

Psalm 83:4

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Proverbs 24:2

For their minds plot violence,
And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent].