Talált 2477 Eredmények: King Of The Jews
And king Artaxerxes answered Esther the queen and Mordecai the Jew, “I have granted Haman’s house to Esther, and I have ordered him to be fastened to a cross, because he dared to lay hands on the Jews. (Esther 12, 7)
Therefore, write to the Jews, just as it pleases you, in the king’s name, sealing the letters with my ring.” For this was the custom, that letters which were sent in the king’s name and were sealed with his ring, no one would dare to contradict. (Esther 12, 8)
Then the scribes and copyists were brought in, (now it was the time of the third month which is called Sivan,) on the twenty-third day of the month, and letters were written, as Mordecai wanted, to the Jews, and to the governors, and procurators, and judges, who presided over the one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India all the way to Ethiopia: to one province and another, to one people and another, in accordance with their languages and letters, and to the Jews, exactly as they were able to read and hear. (Esther 12, 9)
And these letters, which were sent in the king’s name, had been signed with his ring, and were sent by swift couriers who were to rush in every direction, through all the provinces, so as to prevent the former letters with new messages. (Esther 12, 10)
The king commanded them to bring together the Jews throughout each city, and to instruct them to join together, so as to make a stand for their lives, and to execute and destroy all their enemies, with their wives and children and their entire houses, and to plunder their spoil. (Esther 12, 11)
“Artaxerxes, the great king from India all the way to Ethiopia, to the generals and leaders of the one hundred twenty-seven provinces that obey our command: greetings, he says. (Esther 13, 1)
and they strive, not only to oppress the king’s subjects, but, not acting according to the glory given to them, set in motion a plan to ambush those very ones who gave it. (Esther 13, 3)
And our humanity proved to be so great towards him that he was called our father and was adored by all as second only to the king. (Esther 13, 11)
But we, having been resolved to ruin in death the mortal Jews, discovered no fault within them, but on the contrary, they use just laws (Esther 13, 15)
But this edict, which we now send, shall be displayed in all cities so that the Jews may be allowed to use their own laws. (Esther 13, 19)
And such was the content of the letter, so that it would be made known in all lands and nations, which are subject to the authority of king Artaxerxes, that the Jews have been made ready to be vindicated of their enemies. (Esther 13, 25)
And so the swift couriers departed in haste, carrying through the announcement, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susa. (Esther 13, 26)
