Ezra 6:15 Cross References
Ezra 6:15
15: The Temple was completed on March 12, during the sixth year of King Darius's reign.
Esther 3:7
- So in the month of April, during the twelfth year of King Xerxes' reign, lots were cast (the lots were called purim) to determine the best day and month to take action. And the day selected was March 7, nearly a year later.
Esther 9:21
- encouraging them to celebrate an annual festival on these two days.
Esther 3:13
- and sent by messengers into all the provinces of the empire. The letters decreed that all Jews--young and old, including women and children--must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen nearly a year later on March 7. The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them.
Esther 9:19
- So to this day, rural Jews living in unwalled villages celebrate an annual festival and holiday in late winter, when they rejoice and send gifts to each other.
Esther 9:17
- Throughout the provinces this was done on March 7. Then on the following day they rested, celebrating their victory with a day of feasting and gladness.
Esther 9:15
- Then the Jews at Susa gathered together on March 8 and killed three hundred more people, though again they took no plunder.
Esther 8:12
- The day chosen for this event throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was March 7 of the next year.
Esther 9:1
- So on March 7 the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to destroy them, but quite the opposite happened.