next unto king.

Génesis 41:44
Entonces Faraón dijo a José: Aunque yo soy Faraón, sin embargo, nadie levantará su mano ni su pie sin tu permiso en toda la tierra de Egipto.

1 Samuel 23:17
Y le dijo: No temas, porque la mano de Saúl mi padre no te encontrará, y tú reinarás sobre Israel y yo seré segundo después de ti; Saúl mi padre también sabe esto.

2 Crónicas 28:7
Y Zicri, hombre poderoso de Efraín, mató a Maasías, hijo del rey, y a Azricam, mayordomo de la casa, y a Elcana, segundo después del rey.

Daniel 5:16,29
Mas yo he oído decir de ti que puedes dar interpretaciones y resolver problemas difíciles. Ahora, si puedes leer la inscripción y darme a conocer su interpretación, serás vestido de púrpura y llevarás un collar de oro al cuello, y tendrás autoridad como tercero en el reino.…

accepted.

Ester 3:2
Y todos los siervos del rey que estaban a la puerta del rey se inclinaban y se postraban ante Amán, porque así había ordenado el rey en cuanto a él; pero Mardoqueo ni se inclinaba ni se postraba.

Romanos 14:18
Porque el que de esta manera sirve a Cristo, es aceptable a Dios y aprobado por los hombres.

seeking.

Nehemías 2:10
Cuando se enteraron Sanbalat horonita y Tobías el oficial amonita, les disgustó mucho que alguien hubiera venido a procurar el bienestar de los hijos de Israel.

Salmos 122:6-9
Orad por la paz de Jerusalén: Sean prosperados los que te aman.…

Romanos 9:2,3
de que tengo gran tristeza y continuo dolor en mi corazón.…

Romanos 10:1
Hermanos, el deseo de mi corazón y mi oración a Dios por ellos es para su salvación.

REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF ESTHER.

Ester 10:1
El rey Asuero impuso tributo sobre la tierra y sobre las costas del mar.

xi. c.6,) the Septuagint version, and the apocryphal additions to this book. The history, therefore, comes in between the sixth and seventh chapters of Ezra, commencing about A.M.

3540, and continuing through a period of twelve years: it relates the royal feast of Ahasuerus; the disgrace of Vashti, (ch. i.;) the elevation of Esther to the Persian throne; the essential service rendered to the king by Mordecai, in detecting a plot against his life, (ch. ii.;) the promotion of Haman, and his purposed destruction of the Jews, (ch. iii.;) the consequent affliction of the Jews, and the measures pursued by them, (ch. iv.;) the defeat of Haman's plot, through the instrumentality of Esther, against Mordecai, (ch. v.-vii.;) and also the defeat of his general plot against the Jews, (ch. viii.; ix.

1-15;) the institution of the feast of Purim to commemorate this deliverance, (ch. ix.

16-32;) and the advancement of Mordecai, (ch. x.;) and though some Christians have hesitated to receive this book into the sacred canon, yet it has always been received by the Jews, not only as perfectly authentic, but also as one of the most excellent of their sacred books. That it is a genuine and faithful description of a real fact, the observation of the feast of Purim, to the present day, is a sufficient evidence; since it is impossible, and in fact inconceivable, that a nation should institute, and afterwards continue to celebrate without interruption, through every generation of that people, in a long succession of ages, in whatever places they may have sojourned, this solemn annual festival, merely because one of their nation had written an agreeable fable or romance. It has been remarked, as an objection to this book, that the name of God no where occurs in it: His superintending providence, however, is frequently illustrated. It is shewn, indeed, in every part of the work; disconcerting evil designs, and producing great events, by means seemingly inadequate. It also presents an interesting description of mortified pride, and of malice baffled to the destruction of its possessors; and exhibits a very lively representation of the vexations and troubles, the anxieties, treachery, and dissimulation of a corrupt court.