Esther 1:1

1:1

Now it came to pass in the days
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of Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

(this [is] Ahasuerus
<0325>

which reigned
<04427> (8802)_,

from India
<01912>

even unto Ethiopia
<03568>_,

[over] an hundred
<03967>

and seven
<07651>

and twenty
<06242>

provinces
<04082>:)

Esther 1:3

1:3

In the third
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year
<08141>

of his reign
<04427> (8800)_,

he made
<06213> (8804)

a feast
<04960>

unto all his princes
<08269>

and his servants
<05650>_;

the power
<02428>

of Persia
<06539>

and Media
<04074>_,

the nobles
<06579>

and princes
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>_,

[being] before
<06440>

him:

Esther 1:8

1:8

And the drinking
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[was] according to the law
<01881>_;

none did compel
<0597> (8802)_:

for so the king
<04428>

had appointed
<03245> (8765)

to all the officers
<07227>

of his house
<01004>_,

that they should do
<06213> (8800)

according to every man's
<0376>

pleasure
<07522>_.

Esther 1:11

1:11

To bring
<0935> (8687)

Vashti
<02060>

the queen
<04436>

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>

with the crown
<03804>

royal
<04438>_,

to shew
<07200> (8687)

the people
<05971>

and the princes
<08269>

her beauty
<03308>_:

for she [was] fair
<02896>

to look on
<04758>_.

{fair...: Heb. good of countenance}