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Esther 7:6

Esther 7:6

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

The adversary: Heb. The man adversary

this wicked: 1 Samuel 24:13; Psalms 27:2, Psalms 139:19-22; Proverbs 24:24-25; Ecclesiastes 5:8; 1 Corinthians 5:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:8

was afraid: Nehemiah 6:16; Job 15:21-22, Job 18:5-12; Psalms 73:5-9, Psalms 73:17-20; Proverbs 16:14; Isaiah 21:4; Daniel 5:5-6

before: or, at the presence of

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