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 happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
They cast pur
Esther 9:24
because 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 consume them, and to 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 stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
Matthew 27:35
When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,
Adar
Esther 9:1
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),
Ezra 6:15
This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
General references
Psalm 83:4
"Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
Proverbs 24:2
for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.