King James Version
Esther 1:1-2
1Now it came to pass in the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, (this isAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325which reignedהַמֹּלֵךְ֙ha.mo.leKhH4427,from Indiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912even unto Ethiopiaכּ֔וּשׁKushH3568, overan hundredוּמֵאָ֖הu.me.'AhH3967and sevenשֶׁ֛בַעShe.va'H7651and twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.RimH6242provincesמְדִינָֽה׃me.di.NahH4082:)
2Thatin those daysבַּיָּמִ֖יםbai.ya.MimH3117,when the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325satכְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ke.She.vetH3427on the throneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678of his kingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438, which wasin Shushanבְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ןbe.shu.ShanH7800the palaceהַבִּירָֽה׃ha.bi.RahH1002,
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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