Esther 1
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Esther 1:6-10

6There were curtains of fineH3768 whiteH2353 and violetH8504 linenH3768 heldH270 by cordsH2256 of fineH948 purpleH713 linenH948 on silverH3701 ringsH1551 and marbleH8337 columnsH5982, and 1couchesH4296 of goldH2091 and silverH3701 on a mosaicH7531 floorH7531 of porphyryH923, marbleH8337, mother-of-pearlH1858, and mineralH5508 stonesH5508. 7DrinksH8248 were servedH8248 in goldenH2091 vesselsH3627 of variousH8132 kindsH3627, and the royalH4438 wineH3196 was plentifulH7227 2in proportion to the king’sH4428 3bountyH3027. 8But the drinkingH8360 was done according to the royal lawH1881; thereH369 wasH369 noH369 compulsionH597, for soH3651 the kingH4428 had givenH3245 ordersH3245 to eachH3605 officialH7227 of his householdH1004, that he was to doH6213 as eachH376 personH376 pleasedH7522. 9QueenH4436 VashtiH2060 alsoH1571 heldH6213 a banquetH4960 for the womenH802 in the 4palaceH1004 whichH834 belonged to KingH4428 AhasuerusH325.

10On the seventhH7637 dayH3117, when the heartH3820 of the kingH4428 was 5cheerfulH2895 with wineH3196, he orderedH559 MehumanH4104, BizthaH968, HarbonaH2726, BigthaH903, AbagthaH5, ZetharH2242, and CarkasH3752, the sevenH7651 eunuchsH5631 who servedH8334 in the presenceH6440 of KingH4428 AhasuerusH325,

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 1:6 Ezek 23:41; Amos 6:4 ↩
  2. 2. Esther 1:7 Esth 2:18 ↩
  3. 3. Esther 1:7 Lit hand ↩
  4. 4. Esther 1:9 Lit royal house ↩
  5. 5. Esther 1:10 Judg 16:25 ↩

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