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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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it please the king
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Heb. it be good with the king. Est 1:21; Est 3:9; Est 8:5 |
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from him
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Heb. from before him |
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it be not altered
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"Heb. it pass not away. Est 8:8; Dan 6:8-15,17; Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, ""The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not.""" |
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another
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Heb. her companion |
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that is better
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1Sa 15:28; 1Ki 3:28 |
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Est 1:21 |
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: |
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Est 3:9 |
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring [it] into the king's treasuries. |
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Est 8:5 |
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which [are] in all the king's provinces: |
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Est 8:8 |
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal [it] with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. |
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Dan 6:8 |
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. |
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Dan 6:9 |
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. |
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Dan 6:10 |
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. |
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Dan 6:11 |
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. |
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Dan 6:12 |
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [a petition] of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing [is] true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. |
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Dan 6:17 |
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. |
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1Sa 15:28 |
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou. |
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1Ki 3:28 |
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to do judgment. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Esther 1:19," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Est/1/19.html>.
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