{"query": "Easton: Esther, Book of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_b0a399e44fbf", "title": "Easton: Esther, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasuerus (the Xerxes of the Greeks), which took place B.C. 465. The minute and particular account also g"}, {"id": "card_n_c61aa49bf7b4", "title": "Easton: Esther", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. She was a Jewess named Hadas’sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth b"}, {"id": "card_c_7681c98b123b", "title": "Easton: Esther cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 2:7; Esther 2:15 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_src_book_826", "title": "Latin Vulgate, Esther: Liber Esther — Anonymous", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Latin Vulgate, Esther: Liber Esther, by Anonymous (in la). Subjects: Bible. Esther. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/826"}, {"id": "card_src_book_827", "title": "Latin Vulgate, Esther: Liber Esther — Anonymous", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Latin Vulgate, Esther: Liber Esther, by Anonymous (in la). Subjects: Bible. Esther. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/827"}, {"id": "card_n_d064b0d2110e", "title": "Easton: Shushan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. It is "}, {"id": "card_c_86c7ee90e9b3", "title": "Easton: Colour cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 1:6; Esther 8:15 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_68815d42c008", "title": "Easton: Haman cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 3:1; Esther 7:10 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_80b31d276534", "title": "Easton: Dress cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 6:12; Esther 4:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_32cf7ec6d4f8", "title": "Easton: Mordecai cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 2:21; Esther 3:8 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_953993475f68", "title": "Easton: Ahasuerus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1. This was probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history, the king"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_esther_8_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Esther 8:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Esther 8:1 — It was but lately that we had Esther and Mordecai in tears and in fears, but fasting and praying; now let us see how to them there arose light in darkness. Here is, 1. Esther enriched."}, {"id": "card_src_book_8017", "title": "The Bible, King James version, Book 17: Esther — Anonymous", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Bible, King James version, Book 17: Esther, by Anonymous. Subjects: Bible. Esther. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8017"}, {"id": "card_src_book_8319", "title": "The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 19: Esther The Challoner Revision", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 19: Esther The Challoner Revision. Subjects: Bible. Esther. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8319"}, {"id": "card_src_word_book_of_esther", "title": "book of esther", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "book of esther: (noun) an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre — syn: Esther"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h635", "title": "H635 — אֶסְתֵּר (es.ter): Esther", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "אֶסְתֵּר (es.ter), Strong's H635: Esther. A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.7; daughter of: Abihail (H0032K); also called Hadassah at Est.2.7; Also named: ha.das"}, {"id": "card_src_book_15790", "title": "Esther — Jean Racine", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Esther, by Jean Racine (in en; fr). Subjects: Esther, Queen of Persia -- Drama. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15790"}, {"id": "card_src_book_8244", "title": "The World English Bible (WEB): Esther — Anonymous", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The World English Bible (WEB): Esther, by Anonymous. Subjects: Bible. Esther. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8244"}, {"id": "card_c_0363f95c88d4", "title": "Easton: Myrrh cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 2:12 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_cee4e8d8e59c", "title": "Easton: Crown cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 1:11 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}]}