2 Samuel 1:11
New American Standard Bible 1995
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
New American Standard Bible 1995
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 observe 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 [a]decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on 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 3:9 Lit written
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 arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, (B)covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the [a]ashes.
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- Jonah 3:6 Or dust
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