Esther 8:12 Cross References - Rotherham

¹² upon one day, throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus,––upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, the same, is the month Adar:

⁹ Said the foe––I will pursue–overtake, divide spoil,––Take her fill of them––shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out––shall my hand. ¹⁰ Thou didst blow with thy wind, they were covered by the sea,––They rolled like lead, into the waters so wide.

⁶ But Adoni–bezek fled, and they pursued him,––and took him, and cut off his thumbs, and his great toes. ⁷ Then said Adoni–bezek––Seventy kings, with their thumbs and great toes cut off, have been picking up crumbs under my table, as I have done, so, hath God requited me. And they brought him into Jerusalem, and he died there.

¹³ Then were sent letters, by the hand of the runners, into all the provinces of the king, To destroy, to slay and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, little ones and women, in one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, the same, is the month Adar,––and the spoil of them to be a prey. ¹⁴ A copy of the writing, to be delivered as an edict throughout every province, was published to all the peoples,––that they should be ready against this day. ¹⁵ The runners, went forth, urged on by the word of the king, and, the edict, was given in Shusan the palace,––and, the king and Haman, sat down to drink, but, the city of Shusan, was perplexed.

¹ And, in the twelfth month, the same, is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the word of the king and his edict arrived to be put in execution,––on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, though it, was changed, so that the Jews themselves should have power over them who hated them,