Cross references
Esther 3:7
In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
- a Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of March and April.
- b LXX was cast before Haman—a day and month—and the lot fell on the fourteenth of the month of Adar; Hebrew was cast before Haman a day and month—the twelfth, Adar; the month of Adar (also in verse 13) is the twelfth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of February and March.
Esther 3:7 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezra 6:15 (4 votes) and Esther 9:24–26 (3 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Exodus 12 to Acts 12.
Which verses does Esther 3:7 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ezra 6:154 votes
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
- Esther 9:24–263 votes
For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them. But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. …
- Proverbs 16:333 votes
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
- Ezekiel 21:21–223 votes
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver. In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
- Nehemiah 2:12 votes
Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
- Esther 1:32 votes
In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
- Esther 2:162 votes
She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
- Esther 9:12 votes
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
- Esther 9:52 votes
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
- Esther 9:17–192 votes
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy. The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy. …
- Esther 9:212 votes
- Matthew 27:352 votes
Which verses point to Esther 3:7?
The 10 strongest of 17.