The term passed into Greek as παράδεισος (paradeisos, “enclosed park, pleasure-ground”), referring to the enclosed parks and gardens of the Persian kings (LSJ ...

1:19 ... Persian empire the Aramaic language was normally used. ... The placement of this additional material in certain Greek manuscripts of the Book of Esther may ...

NAB “Persian and Median aristocracy”; NASB “the army ... [1:19] sn Previously in this chapter the word ... Book of Esther. But in the Greek histories of ...

1:19 If the king is so inclined, let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, that Vashti ...

6:13 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

Although the book does not directly mention God, it would be difficult to read it without sensing the providence of God working in powerful, though at times ...

The canonicity of the book was questioned by some in ancient Judaism and early Christianity. ... Persian empire was vast. The division of Xerxes ... 14, 18, 19).

6:15 Then those men came by collusion to the king and said to him, “Recall, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the ...

1:2 “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: “'The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has instructed me to build a temple ...

19:10 “'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by water. It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered. Yehezkiel ...