Esther 8:9 Cross References

Esther 8:9

9: So on June 25 the king's secretaries were summoned. As Mordecai dictated, they wrote a decree to the Jews and to the princes, governors, and local officials of all the 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia. The decree was written in the scripts and languages of all the peoples of the empire, including the Jews.

Esther 1:22

  1. He sent letters to all parts of the empire, to each province in its own script and language, proclaiming that every man should be the ruler of his home.

Esther 1:1

  1. This happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.

Daniel 4:1

  1. King Nebuchadnezzar sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: "Peace and prosperity to you!

Daniel 6:1

  1. Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a prince to rule over each province.

2 Kings 18:26

  1. Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the king's representative, "Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don't speak in Hebrew, for the people on the wall will hear."

Esther 3:12

  1. On April 17 Haman called in the king's secretaries and dictated letters to the princes, the governors of the respective provinces, and the local officials of each province in their own scripts and languages. These letters were signed in the name of King Xerxes, sealed with his ring,
  2. 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.

1 Corinthians 14:9

  1. And it's the same for you. If you talk to people in a language they don't understand, how will they know what you mean? You might as well be talking to an empty room.
  2. There are so many different languages in the world, and all are excellent for those who understand them,
  3. but to me they mean nothing. I will not understand people who speak those languages, and they will not understand me.
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