Ezra 1:1-2
New American Standard Bible 1995
Cyrus’s Proclamation
1 (A)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he (B)sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:
2 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and (C)He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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Ezra 1:1-2
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Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return(A)
1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah,(B) the Lord moved the heart(C) of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
Esther 3:12
New American Standard Bible 1995
12 (A)Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to (B)the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written (C)in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.
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Esther 3:12
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12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language(A) of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed(B) with his own ring.
Esther 8:9
New American Standard Bible 1995
9 (A)So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third [a]day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended (B)from India to [b]Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to (C)every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.
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- Esther 8:9 Lit in it
- Esther 8:9 Lit Cush
Esther 8:9
New International Version
9 At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[a](A) These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.(B)
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- Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
Daniel 4:1
New American Standard Bible 1995
The King Acknowledges God
4 [a]Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples, nations, and men of every [b]language that live in all the earth: “May your [c](A)peace abound!
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- Daniel 4:1 Ch 3:31 in Aram
- Daniel 4:1 Lit tongue
- Daniel 4:1 Or welfare or prosperity
Daniel 4:1
New International Version
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Tree
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- Daniel 4:1 In Aramaic texts 4:1-3 is numbered 3:31-33, and 4:4-37 is numbered 4:1-34.
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