next unto king.

1 Mosebok 41:44
Og Farao sa til Josef: Jeg er Farao, og uten din vilje skal ingen mann løfte hånd eller fot i hele Egyptens land.

1 Samuels 23:17
Han sa til ham: Vær ikke redd! Min far Sauls hånd skal ikke nå dig; du skal bli konge over Israel, og jeg skal være den næste efter dig; det vet også Saul, min far.

2 Krønikebok 28:7
Og Sikri, en stor stridsmann fra Efra'im, drepte kongesønnen Ma'aseja og slottshøvdingen Asrikam og Elkana, som var den næste efter kongen.

Daniel 5:16,29
Men jeg har hørt om dig at du kan gi uttydninger og utrede vanskelige spørsmål; kan du nu lese denne skrift og kunngjøre mig dens uttydning, så skal du klæs i purpur og få en gullkjede om din hals, og i makt skal du være den tredje i riket. …

accepted.

Esters 3:2
Og alle kongens tjenere som var i kongens port, falt på kne og kastet sig ned for Haman, for så hadde kongen befalt om ham; men Mordekai falt ikke på kne og kastet sig ikke ned for ham.

Romerne 14:18
for den som heri tjener Kristus, han er velbehagelig for Gud og tekkelig for mennesker.

seeking.

Nehemias 2:10
Men da horonitten Sanballat og den ammonittiske tjener Tobias hørte det, syntes de meget ille om at det var kommet en som vilde arbeide for Israels barns vel.

Salmenes 122:6-9
Bed om fred for Jerusalem! La det gå dem vel som elsker dig! …

Romerne 9:2,3
at jeg har en stor sorg og en uavlatelig gremmelse i mitt hjerte. …

Romerne 10:1
Brødre! mitt hjertes ønske og min bønn til Gud for dem er at de må bli frelst.

REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF ESTHER.

Esters 10:1
Kong Ahasverus la skatt på fastlandet og på øene i havet.

xi. c.6,) the Septuagint version, and the apocryphal additions to this book. The history, therefore, comes in between the sixth and seventh chapters of Ezra, commencing about A.M.

3540, and continuing through a period of twelve years: it relates the royal feast of Ahasuerus; the disgrace of Vashti, (ch. i.;) the elevation of Esther to the Persian throne; the essential service rendered to the king by Mordecai, in detecting a plot against his life, (ch. ii.;) the promotion of Haman, and his purposed destruction of the Jews, (ch. iii.;) the consequent affliction of the Jews, and the measures pursued by them, (ch. iv.;) the defeat of Haman's plot, through the instrumentality of Esther, against Mordecai, (ch. v.-vii.;) and also the defeat of his general plot against the Jews, (ch. viii.; ix.

1-15;) the institution of the feast of Purim to commemorate this deliverance, (ch. ix.

16-32;) and the advancement of Mordecai, (ch. x.;) and though some Christians have hesitated to receive this book into the sacred canon, yet it has always been received by the Jews, not only as perfectly authentic, but also as one of the most excellent of their sacred books. That it is a genuine and faithful description of a real fact, the observation of the feast of Purim, to the present day, is a sufficient evidence; since it is impossible, and in fact inconceivable, that a nation should institute, and afterwards continue to celebrate without interruption, through every generation of that people, in a long succession of ages, in whatever places they may have sojourned, this solemn annual festival, merely because one of their nation had written an agreeable fable or romance. It has been remarked, as an objection to this book, that the name of God no where occurs in it: His superintending providence, however, is frequently illustrated. It is shewn, indeed, in every part of the work; disconcerting evil designs, and producing great events, by means seemingly inadequate. It also presents an interesting description of mortified pride, and of malice baffled to the destruction of its possessors; and exhibits a very lively representation of the vexations and troubles, the anxieties, treachery, and dissimulation of a corrupt court.