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Est 2:23 — And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

hanged		Est 5:14; Est 7:10; Gen 40:19,22; Deu 21:22,23; Jos 8:29
the book		Est 6:1,2; Mal 3:16

Correlating Passages

hanged

	Est 5:14	Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
	Est 7:10	So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
	Gen 40:19	Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
	Gen 40:22	But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
	Deu 21:22	And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
	Deu 21:23	His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.
	Jos 8:29	And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.

the book

	Est 6:1	On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
	Est 6:2	And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
	Mal 3:16	Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

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Scott, Thomas. "Esther 2:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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