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Text -- Esther 1:1-7 (NET)
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The King Throws a Lavish Party
1:1 The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus . (I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia .)
1:2 In those days , as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel ,
1:3 in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants . The army of Persia and Media was present , as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces .
1:4 He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time – a hundred and eighty days , to be exact!
1:5 When those days were completed , the king then provided a seven-day banquet for all the people who were present in Susa the citadel , for those of highest standing to the most lowly . It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace .
1:6 The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings , alabaster columns , gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster , mother-of-pearl , and mineral stone .
1:7 Drinks were served in golden containers , all of which differed from one another . Royal wine was available in abundance at the king’s expense .
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NET Notes: Est 1:1 Heb “Cush” (so NIV, NCV; KJV “Ethiopia”) referring to the region of the upper Nile in Africa. India and Cush (i.e., Ethiopia) ...
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NET Notes: Est 1:2 The Hebrew word בִּירָה (birah) can refer to a castle or palace or temple. Here it seems to have in mind tha...
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NET Notes: Est 1:3 The size of the banquet described here, the number of its invited guests, and the length of its duration, although certainly immense by any standard, ...
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NET Notes: Est 1:4 The words “to be exact!” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation to bring out the clarifying nuance of the ti...
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NET Notes: Est 1:6 The Hebrew noun מִטָּה (mittah) refers to a reclining couch (cf. KJV “beds”) spread with covers, cloth...
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