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'Gave' in the Bible

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in King Ahasuerus' royal palace.

Verse ConceptsQueensAnger Of Man, UnrighteousSocial Fellowshipwomanhood

For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, 'When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.'

Verse ConceptsWivesWronging Other People

So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, who was hostile toward the Jews.

He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people.

Verse ConceptsCopies Of DocumentsPeople Showing MercyThe King's Orders

On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

Verse ConceptsConfiscationAspects Of People Made Known

The king then removed his signet ring (the very one he had taken back from Haman) and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's estate.

Verse ConceptsAuthority Delegated To People

as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies -- the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming EnemiesPeople Providing FoodRejoicing In God's Works

But when the matter came to the king's attention, the king gave written orders that Haman's evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.

Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

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