和合本
| 和合本 含 Strong Number
| KingJames
| KingJames w. Strong Number
Esther
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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this
is Ahasuerus which reigned# , from India even unto Ethiopia,
over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
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2
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That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat# on the throne of his kingdom, which
was in Shushan the palace,
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3
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In the third year of his reign# , he made# a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces,
being before him:
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4
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When he shewed# the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days,
even an hundred and fourscore days.
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5
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And when these days were expired# , the king made# a feast unto all the people that were present# in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
[present: Heb. found]
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6
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Where were white, green, and blue,
hangings , fastened# with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds
were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
[blue, hangings: or, violet, etc]
[of red...: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour]
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And they gave
them drink# in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse# one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
[royal...: Heb. wine of the kingdom]
[state: Heb. hand]
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And the drinking
was according to the law; none did compel# : for so the king had appointed# to all the officers of his house, that they should do# according to every man's pleasure.
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9
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Also Vashti the queen made# a feast for the women
in the royal house which
belonged to king Ahasuerus.
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10
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On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded# Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served# in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
[chamberlains: or, eunuchs]
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To bring# Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew# the people and the princes her beauty: for she
was fair to look on.
[fair...: Heb. good of countenance]
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But the queen Vashti refused# to come# at the king's commandment by
his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth# , and his anger burned# in him.
[by his...: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs]
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13
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Then the king said# to the wise men, which knew# the times, (for so
was the king's manner toward all that knew# law and judgment:
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And the next unto him
was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena,
and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw# the king's face,
and which sat# the first in the kingdom;)
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What shall we do# unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed# the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
[What...: Heb. What to do]
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And Memucan answered# before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong# to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that
are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
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For
this deed of the queen shall come abroad# unto all women, so that they shall despise# their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported# , The king Ahasuerus commanded# Vashti the queen to be brought in# before him, but she came# not.
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18
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Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say# this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard# of the deed of the queen. Thus
shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
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19
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If it please# the king, let there go# a royal commandment from him, and let it be written# among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered# , That Vashti come# no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give# her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
[If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king]
[unto...: Heb. unto her companion]
[from him: Heb. from before him]
[be not...: Heb. pass not away]
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And when the king's decree which he shall make# shall be published# throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give# to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
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And the saying pleased# # the king and the princes; and the king did# according to the word of Memucan:
[pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king]
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For he sent# letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule# in his own house, and that
it should be published# according to the language of every people.
[that it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people]
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