Province
- Ezra 2:1
[ The Exiles Return ] Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
Ezra 2:1-3 (in Context) Ezra 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 4:10
and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River.
Ezra 4:9-11 (in Context) Ezra 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 4:11
(This is a copy of the letter that they sent.) “To Artaxerxes the king: Your servants, the men of the provinceBeyond the River, send greeting. And now
Ezra 4:10-12 (in Context) Ezra 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 4:15
in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.
Ezra 4:14-16 (in Context) Ezra 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 4:16
We make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River.”
Ezra 4:15-17 (in Context) Ezra 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 4:17
[ The King Orders the Work to Cease ] The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now
Ezra 4:16-18 (in Context) Ezra 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 4:20
And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
Ezra 4:19-21 (in Context) Ezra 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 5:3
At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?”
Ezra 5:2-4 (in Context) Ezra 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 5:6
[ Tattenai's Letter to King Darius ] This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the governors who were in the province Beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.
Ezra 5:5-7 (in Context) Ezra 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 5:8
Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
Ezra 5:7-9 (in Context) Ezra 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 6:2
And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record.
Ezra 6:1-3 (in Context) Ezra 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 6:6
“Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away.
Ezra 6:5-7 (in Context) Ezra 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 6:8
Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of theprovince from Beyond the River.
Ezra 6:7-9 (in Context) Ezra 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 6:13
[ The Temple Finished and Dedicated ] Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered.
Ezra 6:12-14 (in Context) Ezra 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 7:16
with all the silver and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia, and with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests, vowed willingly for the house of their God that is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:15-17 (in Context) Ezra 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 7:21
“And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence,
Ezra 7:20-22 (in Context) Ezra 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 7:25
“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. And those who do not know them, you shall teach.
Ezra 7:24-26 (in Context) Ezra 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezra 8:36
They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.
Ezra 8:35-36 (in Context) Ezra 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”
Nehemiah 1:2-4 (in Context) Nehemiah 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Nehemiah 2:7
And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah,
Nehemiah 2:6-8 (in Context) Nehemiah 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Nehemiah 2:9
[ Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls ] Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.
Nehemiah 2:8-10 (in Context) Nehemiah 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Nehemiah 3:7
And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, the seat of the governor of the province Beyond the River.
Nehemiah 3:6-8 (in Context) Nehemiah 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Nehemiah 7:6
These were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.
Nehemiah 7:5-7 (in Context) Nehemiah 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Nehemiah 11:3
These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants.
Nehemiah 11:2-4 (in Context) Nehemiah 11 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 1:1
[ The King's Banquets ] Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127provinces,
Esther 1:1-3 (in Context) Esther 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 1:3
in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him,
Esther 1:2-4 (in Context) Esther 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 1:16
Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
Esther 1:15-17 (in Context) Esther 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 1:22
He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.
Esther 1:21-22 (in Context) Esther 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 2:3
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them.
Esther 2:2-4 (in Context) Esther 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 2:18
Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.
Esther 2:17-19 (in Context) Esther 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 3:8
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.
Esther 3:7-9 (in Context) Esther 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 3:12
Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet ring.
Esther 3:11-13 (in Context) Esther 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 3:13
Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
Esther 3:12-14 (in Context) Esther 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 3:14
A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day.
Esther 3:13-15 (in Context) Esther 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 4:3
And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Esther 4:2-4 (in Context) Esther 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 4:11
“All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
Esther 4:10-12 (in Context) Esther 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 8:5
Esther rose and stood before the king. And she said, “If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.
Esther 8:4-6 (in Context) Esther 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 8:9
The king's scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.
Esther 8:8-10 (in Context) Esther 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 8:11
saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, and to plunder their goods,
Esther 8:10-12 (in Context) Esther 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 8:12
on one day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
Esther 8:11-13 (in Context) Esther 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 8:13
A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies.
Esther 8:12-14 (in Context) Esther 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 8:17
And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
Esther 8:16-17 (in Context) Esther 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 9:2
The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen on all peoples.
Esther 9:1-3 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 9:3
All the officials of the provinces and the satraps and the governors and the royal agents also helped the Jews, for the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.
Esther 9:2-4 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 9:4
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful.
Esther 9:3-5 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 9:12
And the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and also the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled.”
Esther 9:11-13 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 9:16
Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies and killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they laid no hands on the plunder.
Esther 9:15-17 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 9:20
[ The Feast of Purim Inaugurated ] And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
Esther 9:19-21 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 9:28
that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.
Esther 9:27-29 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Esther 9:30
Letters were sent to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth,
Esther 9:29-31 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ecclesiastes 2:8
I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the sons of man.
Ecclesiastes 2:7-9 (in Context) Ecclesiastes 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ecclesiastes 5:8
[ The Vanity of Wealth and Honor ] If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
Ecclesiastes 5:7-9 (in Context) Ecclesiastes 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Lamentations 1:1
[ How Lonely Sits the City ] How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.
Lamentations 1:1-3 (in Context) Lamentations 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Ezekiel 19:8
Then the nations set against him from provinces on every side; they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
Ezekiel 19:7-9 (in Context) Ezekiel 19 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 2:48
Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:47-49 (in Context) Daniel 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 2:49
Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of theprovince of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king's court.
Daniel 2:48-49 (in Context) Daniel 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 3:1
[ Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Image ] King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3:1-3 (in Context) Daniel 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 3:2
Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel 3:1-3 (in Context) Daniel 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 3:3
Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel 3:2-4 (in Context) Daniel 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 3:12
There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
Daniel 3:11-13 (in Context) Daniel 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 3:30
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3:29-30 (in Context) Daniel 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 8:2
And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was in Susa the citadel, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was at the Ulai canal.
Daniel 8:1-3 (in Context) Daniel 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Daniel 11:24
Without warning he shall come into the richest parts of the province, and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers' fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time.
Daniel 11:23-25 (in Context) Daniel 11 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Acts 23:34
On reading the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he learned that he was from Cilicia,
Acts 23:33-35 (in Context) Acts 23 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations - Acts 25:1
[ Paul Appeals to Caesar ] Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Acts 25:1-3 (in Context) Acts 25 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations