Quotes about History
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
Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
— Job 15:7
Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
— Job 20:4
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
— Psalm 44:1
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
— Psalm 44:2
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
— Psalm 48:13