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Esther 7:4

Esther 7:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

we are sold: Esther 3:9, Esther 4:7-8; Deuteronomy 28:68; 1 Samuel 22:23

to be destroyed: etc. Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish, Esther 3:13, Esther 8:11; Psalms 44:22-23

But if we: Genesis 37:26-28; Deuteronomy 28:68; Joshua 9:23; Nehemiah 5:5; Joel 3:6; Amos 2:6

the enemy: Esther 7:6, Esther 3:9

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