Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
They cast pur
Adar
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.