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Esther 8:10
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.
Esther 8:14
At the king's command the riders mounted royal horses and rode off at top speed. The decree was also made public in Susa, the capital city.
2 Chronicles 30:6
Messengers went out at the command of the king and his officials through all Judah and Israel with the following invitation: "People of Israel, you have survived the Assyrian conquest of the land. Now return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he will return to you.
Job 9:25
My days race by, not one of them good.
Jeremiah 51:31
Messenger after messenger runs to tell the king of Babylonia that his city has been broken into from every side.
Romans 3:15
They are quick to hurt and kill;
both young
1 Samuel 15:3
Go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Don't leave a thing; kill all the men, women, children, and babies; the cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys."
1 Samuel 22:19
Saul also had all the other inhabitants of Nob, the city of priests, put to death: men and women, children and babies, cattle, donkeys, and sheep---they were all killed.
in one day
Esther 8:12-14
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.
14
At the king's command the riders mounted royal horses and rode off at top speed. The decree was also made public in Susa, the capital city.
James 2:13
For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.
the spoil
Esther 8:11
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.
Esther 9:10
Isaiah 10:6
I sent Assyria to attack a godless nation, people who have made me angry. I sent them to loot and steal and trample the people like dirt in the streets."