Esther 3:7

New Century Version

It was in the first month of the twelfth year of King Xerxes’ rule—the month of Nisan. Pur (that is, the lot) was thrown before Haman to choose a day and a month. So the twelfth month, the month of Adar, was chosen.

Cross References

Ezra 4:6

When Xerxes first became king, those enemies wrote a letter against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

Ezra 6:15

The Temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year Darius was king.

Nehemiah 2:1

It was the month of Nisan in the twentieth year Artaxerxes was king. He wanted some wine, so I took some and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before.

Esther 1:3

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

Esther 2:16

So Esther was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, during Xerxes’ seventh year as king.

Esther 9:1

The order the king had commanded was to be done on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. That was the day the enemies of the Jewish people had hoped to defeat them, but that was changed. So the Jewish people themselves defeated those who hated them.

Esther 9:21

He told them to celebrate every year on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar,

Esther 9:5

And, with their swords, the Jewish people defeated all their enemies, killing and destroying them. And they did what they wanted with those people who hated them.

Proverbs 16:33

People throw lots to make a decision, but the answer comes from the Lord.

Matthew 27:35

When the soldiers had crucified him, they threw lots to decide who would get his clothes.