Quotes about History
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
- Nehemiah 12:7
of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
- Nehemiah 12:13
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;
- Nehemiah 12:18
As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
- Nehemiah 12:23
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- Esther 1:1
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 2:16
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
- Esther 6:1
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
- Esther 9:6
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
- Esther 9:8
Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
- Esther 9:26
So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
- Esther 9:32
Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- Job 8:8