2 Samuel 1:11
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11 Then (A)David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.
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Esther 3:8-10
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8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; (A)their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not [a]comply with the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain. 9 If it is pleasing to the king, let it be [b]decreed that they be eliminated, and I will pay [c]ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.” 10 Then (B)the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha (C)the Agagite, (D)the enemy of the Jews.
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- Esther 3:8 Lit do the
- Esther 3:9 Lit written
- Esther 3:9 About 375 tons or 340 metric tons
Jonah 3:5-6
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5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a (A)fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, (B)covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the [a]dust.
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- Jonah 3:6 Or ashes
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