{"query": "Esther", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_dddc9f529384", "title": "Esther", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "providence in exile, deliverance\n\n10 chapters · uncertain.", "authority_tier": "scripture", "source": "Bible · Esther", "generated": false}, {"id": "card_enc_easton_esther", "title": "Esther", "shelf": "encyclopedia", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. 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Torrey's New Topical Textbook — Public Domain (CrossWire SWORD)", "generated": false}, {"id": "card_c_7681c98b123b", "title": "Easton: Esther cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 2:7; Esther 2:15 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text.", "authority_tier": "engine_derived", "source": "Chapter:verse citation", "generated": false}, {"id": "card_comm_john_gill_est_8_7", "title": "John Gill on Esther 8:7", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Then the King Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew,.... 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Esther enriched.", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "Matthew Henry's Commentary (public domain) — via the Free Use Bible API", "generated": false}, {"id": "card_topic_nave_esther", "title": "Esther — topical index", "shelf": "topical", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Esther — where Scripture speaks to it.\n\n  · Esther 2:7\n  · Esther 2:17\n  · Esther 2:22\n\n3 passage(s), indexed by Nave's Topical Bible. The topic and its references are the knowledge taken; the work's ", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — Public Domain (CrossWire SWORD)", "generated": false}]}