Esther 3:7

In the twelfth year of the reign of King Ahasuerus, in the first month (the month Nisan), the (that is, the lot) was cast in Haman's presence to determine the best day and month to carry out his plot. The lot indicated the twelfth month, the month Adar.

Ezra 6:15

The Temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar during the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Esther 9:24-26

since Hammedatha's son Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, had plotted against the Jewish people to destroy them, and he had cast the (that is, the lot) to determine when to confuse and destroy them.

Nehemiah 2:1

It came about in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, during the month of Nissan, the king was about to drink some wine that I was preparing for him. Now I had never looked troubled in his presence.

Esther 1:3

In the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers, and the military leaders of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the provincial officials were present.

Esther 2:16

Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus to his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

Esther 9:1

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the king's order and edict was about to be carried out, on the day when the enemies of the Jewish people expected to prevail over them, things were turned around so that the Jewish people themselves prevailed over those who hated them.

Esther 9:5

The Jewish people struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did with their enemies as they pleased.

Esther 9:17-19

They did this on the thirteenth day of Adar and rested on the fourteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

Esther 9:21

establishing that they should celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar every year,

Proverbs 16:33

The dice is cast into someone's lap, but the outcome is from the LORD.

Ezekiel 21:21-22

"Meanwhile, Babylon's king is standing at the fork of the road, where he can head in either of two directions, and that's where he is practicing divination. Shaking his arrows, he's asking questions of his teraphim while he examines livers.

Matthew 27:35

After they had crucified him, they determined who would get his clothes by throwing dice for them.

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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
It came about in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, during the month of Nissan, the king was about to drink some wine that I was preparing for him. Now I had never looked troubled in his presence.

They cast pur

Esther 9:24
since Hammedatha's son Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, had plotted against the Jewish people to destroy them, and he had cast the (that is, the lot) to determine when to confuse and destroy them.
Proverbs 16:33
The dice is cast into someone's lap, but the outcome is from the LORD.
Ezekiel 21:21
"Meanwhile, Babylon's king is standing at the fork of the road, where he can head in either of two directions, and that's where he is practicing divination. Shaking his arrows, he's asking questions of his teraphim while he examines livers.
Matthew 27:35
After they had crucified him, they determined who would get his clothes by throwing dice for them.

Adar

Esther 9:1
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the king's order and edict was about to be carried out, on the day when the enemies of the Jewish people expected to prevail over them, things were turned around so that the Jewish people themselves prevailed over those who hated them.
Ezra 6:15
The Temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar during the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

General references

Psalm 83:4
They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore."
Proverbs 24:2
because they plan violence, and they are always talking about trouble.

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