In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jew
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to dest
My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all w
On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men ther
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his hear
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder
I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies tur
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destructio