Esther 8:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

Give the house

Luke 12:20

Came before

Esther 1:14

Esther 2:7

General references

Genesis 31:9

Bible References

Give the house

Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raiment as ready as the clay,

Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

which their children's children shall have in possession - for the riches of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Whoso increaseth his riches by vantage and winning, let him gather them to help the poor withal.

Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me.

But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'

Came before

and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of the Persians and Medes, which saw the king's face, and sat above in the kingdom.

and he nourished Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and she was a fair and beautiful damsel. And when her father and mother died, Mordecai received her as his own daughter.

General references

Thus hath God taken away your father's cattle and given them me.