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
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him. I served the wine to the king. Never before had I been sad when the king was present.
They cast pur
Esther 9:24
Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, conspired for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur that is, chance with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off.
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap. But every decision is from Jehovah.
Ezekiel 21:21
The king of Babylon will stand where the roads branch off, at the fork in the road. Then he will look for omens. The king will stand at the branch of the roads where he will use divination. He will shake the arrows and ask the teraphim and look into the liver.
Matthew 27:35
When they impaled him, they divided his garments among themselves by casting lots.
Adar
Esther 9:1
Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to rule over them the opposite occurred, and the Jews had rule over their enemies.
Ezra 6:15
The construction of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.
General references
Psalm 83:4
They say: Come and let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
Proverbs 24:2
Their minds meditate on evil, and their lips talk about trouble.