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Esther 1:1-16

1:1

Now it came to pass in the days
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of Ahasuerus
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(this [is] Ahasuerus
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which reigned
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from India
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even unto Ethiopia
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[over] an hundred
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and seven
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and twenty
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provinces
<04082>:)

1:2

[That] in those days
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when the king
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Ahasuerus
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sat
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on the throne
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of his kingdom
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which [was] in Shushan
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the palace
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1:3

In the third
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year
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of his reign
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he made
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a feast
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unto all his princes
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and his servants
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the power
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of Persia
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and Media
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the nobles
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and princes
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of the provinces
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[being] before
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him:

1:4

When he shewed
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the riches
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of his glorious
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kingdom
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and the honour
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of his excellent
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majesty
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many
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days
<03117>_,

[even] an hundred
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and fourscore
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days
<03117>_.

1:5

And when these days
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were expired
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the king
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made
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a feast
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unto all the people
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that were present
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in Shushan
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the palace
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both unto great
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and small
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seven
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days
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in the court
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of the garden
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of the king's
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palace
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{present: Heb. found}

1:6

[Where were] white
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green
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and blue
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[hangings], fastened
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with cords
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of fine linen
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and purple
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to silver
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rings
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and pillars
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of marble
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the beds
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[were of] gold
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and silver
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upon a pavement
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of red
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and blue
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and white
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and black
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marble
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{blue, hangings: or, violet, etc} {of red...: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour}

1:7

And they gave [them] drink
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in vessels
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of gold
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(the vessels
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being diverse
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one from another
<03627>,)

and royal
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wine
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in abundance
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according to the state
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of the king
<04428>_.

{royal...: Heb. wine of the kingdom} {state: Heb. hand}

1:8

And the drinking
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[was] according to the law
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none did compel
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for so the king
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had appointed
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to all the officers
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of his house
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that they should do
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according to every man's
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pleasure
<07522>_.

1:9

Also Vashti
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the queen
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made
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a feast
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for the women
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[in] the royal
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house
<01004>

which [belonged] to king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_.

1:10

On the seventh
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day
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when the heart
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of the king
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was merry
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with wine
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he commanded
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Mehuman
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Biztha
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Harbona
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Bigtha
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and Abagtha
<05>_,

Zethar
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and Carcas
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the seven
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chamberlains
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that served
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in the presence
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of Ahasuerus
<0325>

the king
<04428>_,

{chamberlains: or, eunuchs}

1:11

To bring
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Vashti
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the queen
<04436>

before
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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
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to look on
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{fair...: Heb. good of countenance}

1:12

But the queen
<04436>

Vashti
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refused
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to come
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at the king's
<04428>

commandment
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by
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[his] chamberlains
<05631>_:

therefore was the king
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very
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wroth
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and his anger
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burned
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in him. {by his...: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs}

1:13

Then the king
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said
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to the wise men
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which knew
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the times
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(for so [was] the king's
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manner
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toward
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all that knew
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law
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and judgment
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1:14

And the next
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unto him [was] Carshena
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Shethar
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Admatha
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Tarshish
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Meres
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Marsena
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[and] Memucan
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the seven
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princes
<08269>

of Persia
<06539>

and Media
<04074>_,

which saw
<07200> (8802)

the king's
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face
<06440>_,

[and] which sat
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the first
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in the kingdom
<04438>;)

1:15

What shall we do
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unto the queen
<04436>

Vashti
<02060>

according to law
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because she hath not performed
<06213> (8804)

the commandment
<03982>

of the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

by
<03027>

the chamberlains
<05631>_?

{What...: Heb. What to do}

1:16

And Memucan
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answered
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before
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the king
<04428>

and the princes
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Vashti
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the queen
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hath not done wrong
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to the king
<04428>

only, but also to all the princes
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and to all the people
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that [are] in all the provinces
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of the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
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