Esther 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Scattered abroad

Their laws

Acts 28:22

General references

Psalm 83:4

Daniel 6:5

Bible References

Scattered abroad

I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you.

"I said, 'I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.

Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: 'If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.

"The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.

"'But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

"Therefore say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.'

Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.' Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste."

Then the Jewish leaders said to one another, "Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!

From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia) who are chosen

Their laws

Now let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city. They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations.

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it."

General references

They say, "Come on, let's annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more."

So these men concluded, "We won't find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God."