Online Bible Commentary on 2 Peter 3:6. by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Esther 5:5. Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.


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