Esther 8:1
Esther · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.”Esther 8:1
What Does Esther 8:1 Mean?
Esther 8:1 is found in the book of Esther, chapter 8, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Esther 8:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 49:23“And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.”Esther 2:7“And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.”Esther 2:15“Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.”Proverbs 13:22“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.”Job 27:16“Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;”Psalms 39:6“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”Genesis 31:9“Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.”Esther 7:6“And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.”Luke 12:20“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?”Esther 1:14“And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)”Psalms 49:6“They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;”Proverbs 28:8“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.”Ecclesiastes 2:18“Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.”
People & Places
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