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Esther 1:3

NETBible	in the third¹ year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army² of Persia and Media³ was present,⁴ as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.
NIV © biblegateway Est 1:3	and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.
NASB © biblegateway Est 1:3	in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.
NLT © biblegateway Est 1:3	In the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his princes and officials. He invited all the military officers of Media and Persia, as well as the noblemen and provincial officials.
MSG © biblegateway Est 1:3	In the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers. The military brass of Persia and Media were also there, along with the princes and governors of the provinces.
BBE © SABDAweb Est 1:3	In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;
NRSV © bibleoremus Est 1:3	in the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were present,
NKJV © biblegateway Est 1:3	that in the third year of his reign he made a feast for all his officials and servants––the powers of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the princes of the provinces being before him––
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KJV	In the third <07969> 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:
NASB © biblegateway Est 1:3	in the third <07969> year <08141> of his reign <04427> he gave <06213> a banquet <04960> for all <03605> his princes <08269> and attendants <05650> , the army <02428> officers of Persia <06539> and Media <04074> , the nobles <06579> and the princes <08269> of his provinces <04082> being in his presence <06440> .
LXXM	en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN tritw <5154> A-DSN etei <2094> N-DSN basileuontov <936> V-PAPGS autou <846> D-GSM dochn <1403> N-ASF epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S toiv <3588> T-DPM filoiv <5384> A-DPM kai <2532> CONJ toiv <3588> T-DPN loipoiv {A-DPN} eynesin <1484> N-DPN kai <2532> CONJ toiv <3588> T-DPM perswn {N-GPM} kai <2532> CONJ mhdwn {N-GPM} endoxoiv <1741> A-DPM kai <2532> CONJ toiv <3588> T-DPM arcousin <758> N-DPM twn <3588> T-GPM satrapwn {N-GPM}
NET [draft] ITL	in the third <07969> year <08141> of his reign <04427> he provided <06213> a banquet <04960> for all <03605> his officials <08269> and his servants <05650> . The army <02426> of Persia <06539> and Media <04074> was present <06440> , as well as the nobles <06579> and the officials <08269> of the provinces <04082> .
HEBREW	wynpl <06440> twnydmh <04082> yrvw <08269> Mymtrph <06579> ydmw <04074> orp <06539> lyx <02426> wydbew <05650> wyrv <08269> lkl <03605> htsm <04960> hve <06213> wklml <04427> swls <07969> tnsb (1:3) <08141>

NETBible

in the third¹ year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army² of Persia and Media³ was present,⁴ as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.

NET Notes

¹sn The third year of Xerxes’ reign would be ca. 483 b.c.

²tc Due to the large numbers of people implied, some scholars suggest that the original text may have read “leaders of the army” (cf. NAB “Persian and Median aristocracy”; NASB “the army officers”; NIV “the military leaders”). However, there is no textual evidence for this emendation, and the large numbers are not necessarily improbable.

³sn Unlike the Book of Daniel, the usual order for this expression in Esther is “Persia and Media” (cf. vv. 14, 18, 19). In Daniel the order is “Media and Persia,” indicating a time in their history when Media was in the ascendancy.

⁴sn 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, are not without precedent in the ancient world. C. A. Moore documents a Persian banquet for 15,000 people and an Assyrian celebration with 69,574 guests (Esther [AB], 6).