Bible Cross References
she wrote
2 Samuel 11:14
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by Uriah.
2 Samuel 11:15
He wrote: "Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is heaviest, then retreat and let him be killed."
2 Chronicles 32:17
The letter that the emperor wrote defied the LORD, the God of Israel. It said, "The gods of the nations have not saved their people from my power, and neither will Hezekiah's god save his people from me."
Ezra 4:7
Again in the reign of Emperor Artaxerxes of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and their associates wrote a letter to the emperor. The letter was written in Aramaic and was to be translated when read.
Ezra 4:8
Also Rehum, the governor, and Shimshai, the secretary of the province, wrote the following letter to Emperor Artaxerxes about Jerusalem:
Ezra 4:11
This is the text of the letter: "To Emperor Artaxerxes from his servants who live in West-of-Euphrates.
Nehemiah 6:5
Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me with a fifth message, this one in the form of an unsealed letter.
Esther 3:12-15
12
So on the thirteenth day of the first month Haman called the king's secretaries and dictated a proclamation to be translated into every language and system of writing used in the empire and to be sent to all the rulers, governors, and officials. It was issued in the name of King Xerxes and stamped with his ring.
13
Runners took this proclamation to every province of the empire. It contained the instructions that on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, all Jews---young and old, women and children---were to be killed. They were to be slaughtered without mercy and their belongings were to be taken.
14
The contents of the proclamation were to be made public in every province, so that everyone would be prepared when that day came.
15
At the king's command the decree was made public in the capital city of Susa, and runners carried the news to the provinces. The king and Haman sat down and had a drink while the city of Susa was being thrown into confusion.
Esther 8:8-13
8
But a proclamation issued in the king's name and stamped with the royal seal cannot be revoked. You may, however, write to the Jews whatever you like; and you may write it in my name and stamp it with the royal seal."
9
This happened on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. Mordecai called the king's secretaries and dictated letters to the Jews and to the governors, administrators, and officials of all the 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia. The letters were written to each province in its own language and system of writing and to the Jews in their language and system of writing.
10
Mordecai had the letters written in the name of King Xerxes, and he stamped them with the royal seal. They were delivered by riders mounted on fast horses from the royal stables.
11
These letters explained that the king would allow the Jews in every city to organize for self-defense. If armed men of any nationality in any province attacked the Jewish men, their children, or their women, the Jews could fight back and destroy the attackers; they could slaughter them to the last man and take their possessions.
12
This decree was to take effect throughout the Persian Empire on the day set for the slaughter of the Jews, the thirteenth of Adar, the twelfth month.
13
It was to be proclaimed as law and made known to everyone in every province, so that the Jews would be ready to take revenge on their enemies when that day came.
the elders
Numbers 11:16
The LORD said to Moses, "Assemble seventy respected men who are recognized as leaders of the people, bring them to me at the Tent of my presence, and tell them to stand there beside you.
Deuteronomy 16:18
"Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the LORD your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.
Deuteronomy 16:19
They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.
Deuteronomy 21:1-9
1
"Suppose someone is found murdered in a field in the land that the LORD your God is going to give you, and you do not know who killed him.
2
Your leaders and judges are to go out and measure the distance from the place where the body was found to each of the nearby towns.
3
Then the leaders of the town nearest to where the body was found are to select a young cow that has never been used for work.
4
They are to take it down to a spot near a stream that never runs dry and where the ground has never been plowed or planted, and there they are to break its neck.
5
The levitical priests are to go there also, because they are to decide every legal case involving violence. The LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name.
6
Then all the leaders from the town nearest the place where the murdered person was found are to wash their hands over the cow
7
and say, 'We did not murder this one, and we do not know who did it.
8
LORD, forgive your people Israel, whom you rescued from Egypt. Forgive us and do not hold us responsible for the murder of an innocent person.'
9
And so, by doing what the LORD requires, you will not be held responsible for the murder.
the nobles
1 Kings 21:1
Near King Ahab's palace in Jezreel there was a vineyard owned by a man named Naboth.
2 Kings 10:1-7
1
There were seventy descendants of King Ahab living in the city of Samaria. Jehu wrote a letter and sent copies to the rulers of the city, to the leading citizens, and to the guardians of Ahab's descendants. The letter read:
2
"You are in charge of the king's descendants, and you have at your disposal chariots, horses, weapons, and fortified cities. So then, as soon as you receive this letter,
3
you are to choose the best qualified of the king's descendants, make him king, and fight to defend him."
4
The rulers of Samaria were terrified. "How can we oppose Jehu," they said, "when neither King Joram nor King Ahaziah could?"
5
So the officer in charge of the palace and the official in charge of the city, together with the leading citizens and the guardians, sent this message to Jehu: "We are your servants, and we are ready to do anything you say. But we will not make anyone king; do whatever you think best."
6
Jehu wrote them another letter: "If you are with me and are ready to follow my orders, bring the heads of King Ahab's descendants to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow." The seventy descendants of King Ahab were under the care of the leading citizens of Samaria, who were bringing them up.
7
When Jehu's letter was received, the leaders of Samaria killed all seventy of Ahab's descendants, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
2 Kings 10:11-7