Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

They covered haman's

General references

Bible References

The bed

Esther 1:6
There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.
Isaiah 49:23
Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame."

They covered haman's

Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges-- if it is not he, who then is it?
Isaiah 22:17
Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you

General references

Proverbs 14:19
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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