Esther 8:14

Easy To Read Version

The messengers hurried out, riding on the king’s horses. The king commanded those messengers to hurry. And that command was also put in the capital city of Susa.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:28

The district governors also gave the king enough straw and barley for the chariot horses and the riding horses. Each person brought this grain to required places.

2 Chronicles 30:6

So the messengers took the king’s letters all through Israel and Judah. This is what those letters said:

Nehemiah 1:1

These are the words of Nehemiah. Nehemiah was the son of Hacaliah: I, Nehemiah, was in the capital city of Susa in the month of Kislev. This was in the 20th year {\cf2\super [1]} \{that Artaxerxes was king\}.

Esther 1:2

King Xerxes ruled from his throne {\cf2\super [1]} in the capital city of Susa.

Esther 2:3

Let the king choose leaders in every province of his kingdom. Then let those leaders bring every beautiful young virgin to the capital city of Susa. Those girls will be put with the group of the king’s women. And they will be under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, that is in charge of the women. Then give beauty treatments to all of them.

Esther 3:13

Messengers carried the letters to all the king’s provinces. The letters were the king’s command to ruin, kill, and completely destroy all the Jews. That meant young people and old people, women, and little children, too. The command was to kill all the Jews on a single day. That day was to be the 13th day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. And the command was to take all of the things that belonged to the Jews.

Esther 3:14

A copy of the letters with that command was to be given as a law. It was to be a law in every province and announced to the people of every nation living in the kingdom. Then all those people would be ready for that day.

Esther 3:15

At the king’s command the messengers hurried off. The command was given in the capital city of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was confused.

Esther 8:13

A copy of the letter with the king’s command was to be sent out. It became a law. It became a law in every province. They announced it to all the people of every nation living in the kingdom. They did this so the Jews would be ready for that special day. The Jews would be allowed to pay their enemies back.

Esther 8:15

Mordecai left the king. Mordecai was wearing special clothes from the king. His clothes were blue and white, and he had on a large gold crown. He also had a purple robe made of the best linen. {\cf2\super [27]} There was a special celebration in Susa. The people were very happy.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.

Daniel 8:2

In the vision, I saw that I was in the city of Susa. {\cf2\super [87]} Susa was the capital city in the province of Elam. I was standing by the Ulai River.

1 Samuel 21:8

One of Saul’s officers was there that day. He was Doeg the Edomite. Doeg was the leader of Saul’s shepherds. [184] Doeg had been kept there before the Lord. [185]