18 occurrences

'Order' in the Bible

But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of Man, CauseNamed People Angry With Others

If it is pleasing to the king, let an order go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it may never be changed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her place to another who is better than she.

Verse ConceptsHuman LawDeposing

And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.

Verse ConceptsThe Honourable Will Be HonouredWives

And sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs, saying that every man was to be the ruler in his house, and that this order was to be given out in the language of his people.

Verse ConceptsLanguages ConfusedAuthority Of PeopleAlphabet

After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

Verse ConceptsPeople Remembering

So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.

After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.

Verse ConceptsPromotion

Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?

The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfPuzzlement

And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth.

Verse ConceptsProvincesAshesWailingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people.

Verse ConceptsCopies Of DocumentsPeople Showing MercyThe King's Orders

A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.

Verse ConceptsCopies Of DocumentsMan Avenging

So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.

Verse ConceptsMules

And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other PeopleRejoicing In God's Works

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 haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about, and the Jews had rule over their haters;

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Jews Under ThreatHating Peoples

And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.

Verse ConceptsHangingTen PeoplePeople Hung To Death

Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.

Verse ConceptsConfirmation

The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.

Verse ConceptsHistorical Books

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