{"query": "Mordecai at the Gate", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_dfe230563b45", "title": "Mordecai at the Gate", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sits at the gate; uncovers the assassination plot; refuses to bow to Haman; condemned to the gallows Haman built; on a sleepless night the king reads the chronicles and Mordecai is honored; eventually"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_esther_6_12", "title": "Matthew Henry on Esther 6:12", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Esther 6:12 — We may here observe,\nI. How little Mordecai was puffed up with his advancement. he came again to the king's gate (Est 6:12); he returned to his place and the duty of it immediately, a"}, {"id": "card_n_aefd11433a6f", "title": "Easton: Mordecai", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at least one hundred and twenty-nine years old in the "}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h4782", "title": "H4782 — מׇרְדֳּכַי (mor.de.khay): Mordecai", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "מׇרְדֳּכַי (mor.de.khay), Strong's H4782: Mordecai. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2 § Mordecai = \"little man\" or \"worshipper of Mars\" 1) cousin and adoptive fa"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_esther_6_4", "title": "Matthew Henry on Esther 6:4", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Esther 6:4 — It is now morning, and people begin to stir.\nI. Haman is so impatient to get Mordecai hanged that he comes early to court, to be ready at the king's levee, before any other business is"}, {"id": "card_n_cca3b515028a", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §399: Then I saw in my dream that the Shining Men bid them call at the gate; the which, when ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Then I saw in my dream that the Shining Men bid them call at the gate; the which, when they did, some looked from above over the gate, to wit, Enoch, Moses, and Elijah, &c., to whom it was said, These"}, {"id": "card_src_hist_q112016", "title": "Battle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain (-0329)", "shelf": "history", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Battle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain — battle between Alexander the Great and Ariobarzanes near Persepolis in a small mountainpass known as the Persian gate along the Royal road. A battle, -0329"}, {"id": "card_src_book_49030", "title": "The Motor Boat Club at the Golden Gate; or, A Thrilling Capture in the Great Fog — H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Motor Boat Club at the Golden Gate; or, A Thrilling Capture in the Great Fog, by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock. Subjects: Motorboats -- Juvenile fiction; Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait) -- Juven"}, {"id": "card_n_ab7d5fb3e128", "title": "Boaz the Kinsman-Redeemer", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Notices the foreign woman gleaning; protects her among the young men; lets her glean among the sheaves and pulls handfuls on purpose; recognizes her appeal at the threshing-floor; settles the redempti"}, {"id": "card_n_c61aa49bf7b4", "title": "Easton: Esther", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. She was a Jewess named Hadas’sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth b"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_esther_9_20", "title": "Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Esther 9:20 — We may well imagine how much affected Mordecai and Esther were with the triumphs of the Jews over their enemies, and how they saw the issue of that decisive day with a satisfaction pr"}, {"id": "card_n_fbfa0cbf408e", "title": "Easton: Gate", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; Neh. 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Gen. 19:1), of Gaza (Judg. 16:3). (2.) Of royal palaces (Neh. 2:8). (3.) Of the temple of Solomon (1 Kings 6:34, 35; 2 Kings"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h2001", "title": "H2001 — הָמָן (ha.man): Haman", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "הָמָן (ha.man), Strong's H2001: Haman. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.3.1; son of: Hammedatha (H4099); married to Zeresh (H2238); father of: Parshandatha (H6577),"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_ezekiel_11_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 11:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Ezekiel 11:1 — We have here,\nI. The great security of the prince's of Jerusalem, notwithstanding the judgements of God that were upon them, The prophet was brought, in vision, to the gate of the te"}, {"id": "card_n_c3203934b80d", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §54: First, Thou must abhor his turning thee out of the way; and thine own consenting thereu...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First, Thou must abhor his turning thee out of the way; and thine own consenting thereunto: because this is to reject the counsel of God for the sake of the counsel of a Worldly Wiseman. The Lord says"}, {"id": "card_n_462dd2ad643c", "title": "Devotional: Insight: The Ephraim Gate", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Be careful which gates you open. God may be warning you to close off partnerships, habits, or voices that look like allies but are walking in rebellion. If you don't close the gate when He says to — i"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_esther_4_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Esther 4:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Esther 4:1 — Here we have an account of the general sorrow that there was among the Jews upon the publishing of Haman's bloody edict against them. It was a sad time with the church. 1. Mordecai cri"}, {"id": "card_src_book_48568", "title": "The Gate of Remembrance The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury — Frederick Bligh Bond", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Gate of Remembrance The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury, by Frederick Bligh Bond. Subjects: Spirit writings; Glastonbury Ab"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_micah_4_8", "title": "Matthew Henry on Micah 4:8", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Micah 4:8 — These verses relate to Zion and Jerusalem, here called the tower of the flock or the tower of Edor; we read of such a place (Gen 35:21) near Bethlehem; and some conjecture it is the sam"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_2_kings_7_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 2 Kings 7:1 — Here, I. Elisha foretels that, notwithstanding the great straits to which the city of Samaria is reduced, yet within twenty-four hours they shall have plenty, Kg2 7:1. The king of Isr"}]}