Esther 3:15
And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.
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Genesis 37:25And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they saw, and behold, Ismaelitish travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and + 37:25 Gr. stacte. myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
Esther 4:16Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and fast you⌃ for me, and eat not and drink not for three days, night and day: and I also and my maidens will fast; and then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.
Psalms 37:7For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh. 1
Proverbs 4:16For they can’t sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
Proverbs 31:4Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:
Amos 6:6who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment; and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.
Matthew Henry on Esther 3:8-15
Haman Obtains Leave to Slay the Jews. ( b. c. 510.) 7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. 8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is… Read the whole commentary →