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Esther 1:6-10
6WhiteH2353, green, and blueH8504 [hangings] were fastened with cordsH2256 of byssus and purpleH713 to silverH3701 rings and pillarsH5982 of whiteH2353 marble; couchesH4296 of goldH2091 and silverH3701 [lay] upon a pavementH7531 of red and whiteH2353 marble, and alabaster, and black marble.
7And they gaveH8248 drinkH8248 in vesselsH3627 of goldH2091 (the vesselsH3627 being diverse one from another), and royal wineH3196 in abundance, according to the king's bounty.
8And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the kingH4428 had appointedH3245 to all the magnates of his houseH1004, that they should do according to every man's pleasureH7522.
9AlsoH1571 the queenH4436 VashtiH2060 madeH6213 a feastH4960 for the womenH802 of the royal houseH1004 which belonged to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325.
10On the seventhH7637 dayH3117, when the king's heartH3820 was merry with wineH3196, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, HarbonaH2726, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the sevenH7651 chamberlains that servedH8334 in the presenceH6440 of kingH4428 AhasuerusH325,
Commentaries on Esther 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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