Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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... beautiful and interest- ing books of the Old Testament . These pages are not the result of undisturbed literary leisure . Very far from it . They have been written under the pressure of arduous pastoral duties- INTRODUCTION . xxi under ...
... beautiful and interest- ing books of the Old Testament . These pages are not the result of undisturbed literary leisure . Very far from it . They have been written under the pressure of arduous pastoral duties- INTRODUCTION . xxi under ...
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... beautiful Orien- tal poppy . The sugar of the country is very fine , and produced in a considerable quantity . The luxuriancé of the sugar cane , and the excellence of the manufac- tured sugar is so great that the province is said to ...
... beautiful Orien- tal poppy . The sugar of the country is very fine , and produced in a considerable quantity . The luxuriancé of the sugar cane , and the excellence of the manufac- tured sugar is so great that the province is said to ...
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... beautiful creature , and so swift in her native wilds that she can be caught only by relays of horses and dogs . It is foreign to my present purpose to dwell on the history of Persia from the death of Esther to the de- feat of the ...
... beautiful creature , and so swift in her native wilds that she can be caught only by relays of horses and dogs . It is foreign to my present purpose to dwell on the history of Persia from the death of Esther to the de- feat of the ...
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... beautiful ; whom Mordecai , when her father and mother were dead , took for his own daughter . So it came to pass , when the king's commandment and his decree was heard , and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the ...
... beautiful ; whom Mordecai , when her father and mother were dead , took for his own daughter . So it came to pass , when the king's commandment and his decree was heard , and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the ...
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... beautiful flower , that clothes the surrounding plains , interspersed with a great variety also of sweet scented plants . Strabo is extravagant in his descriptions of the beauty of this city — a city which he says is " most worthy to be ...
... beautiful flower , that clothes the surrounding plains , interspersed with a great variety also of sweet scented plants . Strabo is extravagant in his descriptions of the beauty of this city — a city which he says is " most worthy to be ...
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according Adar Agagite ancient Babylon banquet beautiful believe Bible Book of Esther chamberlains chapter Christ Christians Chronicles Church court crown crown royal custom Cyrus Daniel death decree deliverance destroy Divine duty earth enemies Esther the queen Ethiopia evil faith father favor fear feast friends gallows give given glory God's gold golden sceptre Greek Haman Hammedatha hand hanged happy harem Hatach head heart Hebrew Herodotus Holy honor hundred Jesus Jews Josephus king Ahasuerus king's commandment king's gate kingdom laws live Lord mind Mordecai Moses mother nations never passions perish Persian empire Persian kings prayer princes principle proof provinces Purim records religion Romans royal sacred says Scriptures Septuagint Shushan Shushan the palace Susa Targum thee things thou thousand throne tion tomb true truth unto Esther unto the king Vashti wicked wife wine wives women word wrath writings Xenophon Xerxes Zeresh
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Page 247 - The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth : the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Page 75 - But I am poor and needy ; yet the LORD thinketh upon me : Thou art my help and my deliverer ; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Page 240 - If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. For we are sold, I and my people to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Page 130 - And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Page 314 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Page 302 - His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Page 143 - Happy the man, who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme.
Page 329 - The men of grace have found Glory begun below; Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. 4 The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.
Page 46 - 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.
Page 253 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.