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Kings' Decrees

9 links · from Ezra 5:13

1. Ezra 5:13

   But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

2. Ezra 6:1

   Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

3. Ezra 7:21

   And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

4. Esther 2:8

   So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

5. Esther 3:15

   The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

6. Esther 8:14

   So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

7. Daniel 2:13

   And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

8. Daniel 6:26

   I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

9. Jonah 3:7

   And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908), by Frank Charles Thompson.