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'Upon' in the Bible

White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver lay upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.

Verse ConceptsBedsTapestriesCordsWhite ClothsPurple ClothPavementsStone Items

Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

Verse ConceptsThose Looking For People

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins, and he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Verse ConceptsCrowns, Worn ByAttractionCoronationsExchanging Of LeadersMan's FavouriteWomen's BeautyFavorCompetitioncrownsroyalty

And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Killing Israelites

Then Esther called for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to wait upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular Questions

And it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance to the house.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekDistinctive Clothingroyalty

And the king said, What honour and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? And the king's servants that attended upon him said, Nothing has been done for him.

Verse ConceptsPraising Specific People

let the royal apparel be brought with which the king arrays himself, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which the royal crown is set;

Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfRich ApparelDressCrowns On CreaturesDistinctive Clothing

And the king returned out of the palace garden into the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. And the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? The word went forth out of the king's mouth, and they covered Haman's face.

Verse ConceptsBedsPeople Tumbling

And king Ahasuerus said to queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he stretched forth his hand against the Jews.

Verse ConceptsJews Under ThreatPeople Hung To Death

upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12

And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other PeopleRejoicing In God's Works

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other People

And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

Verse ConceptsJews Under ThreatFear Of Individuals

And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

Verse ConceptsTen PeopleMan's Action TomorrowPeople Hung To Death

and when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

the Jews ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their fixed time, every year;

Verse ConceptsPurim

And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.

Verse ConceptsCoastlands

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