Esther 3:7

Easy To Read Version

In the twelfth year of King Xerxes’ rule, in the first month, the month of Nisan, Haman threw lots {\cf2\super [12]} to choose a special day and month. And the twelfth month, the month of Adar was chosen. (At that time, the lot was called “pur.”)

Cross References

Ezra 4:6

Those enemies even wrote letters to the king of Persia trying to stop the Jews. They wrote a letter the year that Xerxes {\cf2\super [15]} became the king of Persia.

Ezra 6:15

The temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar. {\cf2\super [33]} That was in the sixth year of the rule of King Darius. {\cf2\super [34]}

Nehemiah 2:1

In the month of Nisan in the 20th year {\cf2\super [4]} \{of King Artaxerxes\}, some wine was brought to the king. I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad when I was with the king, but now I was sad.

Esther 1:3

In the third year of Xerxes’ rule, he gave a party for his officers and leaders. The army leaders and important leaders from all of Persia and Media were there.

Esther 2:16

So Esther was taken to King Xerxes in the palace. {\cf2\super [11]} This happened in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.

Esther 9:1

On the 13th day of the twelfth month (Adar), the people were supposed to obey the king’s command. That was the day the enemies of the Jews hoped to defeat them. But now, things had changed. Now, the Jews were stronger than their enemies who hated them.

Esther 9:21

Mordecai did that to tell the Jews to celebrate Purim every year on the 14th and 15th days of the month of Adar.

Esther 9:5

The Jews defeated all their enemies. They used swords to kill and destroy their enemies. And the Jews did what they wanted to with those people that hated them.

Proverbs 16:33

The person who respects the Lord is learning to be wise. A person must be humble before he can truly respect the Lord.

Matthew 27:35

The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. Then the soldiers gambled with dice to decide who would get Jesus’ clothes.