Esther 1
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Esther 1:6-10

6There were hangings of whiteH2353 cloth, of green, and of blueH8504, fastenedH270 with cordsH2256 of fineH8336 linenH8336 and purpleH713 to silverH3701 ringsH1550 and pillarsH5982 of marble: the couchesH4296 were of goldH2091 and silverH3701, uponH5921 a pavementH7531 of red, and whiteH2353, and yellow, and black marble.

7And they gaveH8248 them drinkH8248 in vesselsH3627 of goldH2091, (the vesselsH3627 being diverse one from another,) and royalH4438 wineH3196 in abundance, accordingH3027 to the bountyH3027 of the kingH4428.

8And the drinkingH8360 was accordingH5921 to the lawH1881; noneH369 couldH376 compel: for soH3651 the kingH4428 had appointedH3245 to allH3605 the officers of his houseH1004, that they should doH6213 accordingH5921 to everyH3605 man’sH376 pleasureH7522.

9Also VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 madeH6213 a feastH4960 for the womenH802 in the royalH4438 houseH1004 whichH834 belonged to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325.

10On the seventhH7637 dayH3117, when the heartH3820 of the kingH4428 was merry with wineH3196, he commandedH559 MehumanH4104, BizthaH968, HarbonaH2726, BigthaH903, and AbagthaH5, ZetharH2242, and Carcas, the sevenH7651 chamberlains that ministeredH8334 in the presenceH6440 of AhasuerusH325 the kingH4428,

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain