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and ere long she was at the doors, giving the severed head to her maid-servant and bidding her thrust it away into the wallet she carried. (Judith 13, 11)
Such high renown he has given thee this day, that the praise of thee shall never die on men’s lips, so long as they hold the Lord’s power in remembrance. Thy own life thou wouldst not prize, when thy countrymen were in need and great affliction; thou wouldst avert our ruin, with our God to speed thee. (Judith 13, 25)
All the while she lived, and long after her death, was never enemy that disturbed the peace of Israel. (Judith 16, 30)
All should have proof of his royal splendour, of the power and pride that were his; and long they kept holiday, for a hundred and eighty days together. (Esther 1, 4)
The seventh day had come; the king’s heart was merry, warmed by long draughts of wine; and now he had an errand for the seven chamberlains that waited on him, Maumam, Bazatha, Harbona, Bagatha, Abgatha, Zethar and Charchas. (Esther 1, 10)
No subject of the king’s grace, no province in his domains, but knows the inner court of the palace to be sacred. Man or woman entering it unbidden dies there and then; unless indeed the king should grant them life, by holding out his gold sceptre in token of pardon. These thirty days past I have not been summoned to the king’s presence; how can I venture in? (Esther 4, 11)
My lord king, she said, if this is indeed thy gracious pleasure, one gift I would ask, my life; one boon, the preservation of my people. (Esther 7, 3)
And now Harbona, one of the chamberlains in attendance on the king’s person, came forward; What of the gallows, said he, fifty cubits high, that stands there by Aman’s house, ready for Mardochaeus, that saved the king’s life?✻ Let Aman himself hang on it, said the king. (Esther 7, 9)
With eager and glad hearts all must come together and observe that time, the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar, as long as Israel’s race shall last. (Esther 10, 13)
When he came to know their minds better, and read the secret of their ambitions, he became aware that they were plotting against the king’s life, and warned the king of his danger. (Esther 12, 2)
Thy life is safe; to others the law forbids entry, never to thee; (Esther 15, 13)
And he? So was his heart swelled with pride, that he went about to deprive us of our royalty, and of life itself. (Esther 16, 12)
