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Esther 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Banquets of the King

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Now it happened H1961 in the days H3117 of Ahasuerus H325, the Ahasuerus H325 who reigned H4427 from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568 over 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those H1992 days H3117 as King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 sat H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 which H834 was at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third H7969 year H8141 of his reign H4427 he held H6213 a banquet H4960 for all H3605 his officials H8269 and attendants H5650, the army H2428 officers of Persia H6539 and Media H4074, the nobles H6579 and the officials H8269 of his provinces H4082, in his presence H6440.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - [fn]At that time he displayed H7200 the riches H6239 of his royal H4438 glory H3519 and the splendor H3366 of his great H1420 majesty H1420 for many H7227 days H3117, 180 H8084 H3967 days H3117.

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When these H428 days H3117 were finished H4390, the king H4428 held H6213 a banquet H4960 lasting seven H7651 days H3117 for all H3605 the people H5971 who were H4672 present H4672 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996, in the courtyard H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king’s H4428 palace H1055.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were curtains of fine H3768 white H2353 and violet H8504 linen H3768 held H270 by cords H2256 of fine H948 purple H713 linen H948 on silver H3701 rings H1551 and marble H8336 columns H5982, and couches H4296 of gold H2091 and silver H3701 on a mosaic H7531 floor H7531 of porphyry H923, marble H8336, mother-of-pearl H1858, and mineral H5508 stones H5508.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - Drinks H8248 were served H8248 in golden H2091 vessels H3627 of various H8132 kinds H3627, and the royal H4438 wine H3196 was plentiful H7227 in proportion to the king’s H4428 [fn]bounty H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:8 - But the drinking H8360 was done according to the royal law H1881; there H369 was H369 no H369 compulsion H597, for so H3651 the king H4428 had given H3245 orders H3245 to each H3605 official H7227 of his household H1004, that he was to do H6213 as each H376 person H376 pleased H7522.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 also H1571 held H6213 a banquet H4960 for the women H802 in the [fn]palace H1004 which H834 belonged to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

Queen Vashti’s Refusal

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On the seventh H7637 day H3117, when the heart H3820 of the king H4428 was cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, he ordered H559 Mehuman H4104, Biztha H968, Harbona H2726, Bigtha H903, Abagtha H5, Zethar H2242, and Carkas H3752, the seven H7651 eunuchs H5631 who served H8334 in the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring H935 Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 before H6440 the king H4428 with her royal H4438 turban H3804 in order to display H7200 her beauty H3308 to the people H5971 and the officials H8269, for she was beautiful H2896 H4758.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 refused H3985 to come H935 at the king’s H4428 order H1697 [fn]delivered H3027 by the eunuchs H5631. So the king H4428 became H7107 very H3966 angry H7107, and his wrath H2534 burned H1197 within him.

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Then the king H4428 said H559 to the wise H2450 men H2450 who understood H3045 the times H6256—for it was the custom H1697 of the king H4428 to speak this H3651 way H3651 before H6440 all H3605 who knew H3045 Persian law H1881 and justice H1779

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close H7138 to him, namely, Carshena H3771, Shethar H8369, Admatha H133, Tarshish H8659, Meres H4825, Marsena H4826, and Memucan H4462, the seven H7651 officials H8269 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 who [fn]had H7200 access H7200 to the king’s H4428 presence H6440 and sat H3427 in the first H7223 place in the kingdom H4438—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to law H1881, what H4100 is to be done H6213 with Queen H4436 Vashti H2060, since H5921 H834 she did not [fn]obey H6213 the command H3982 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 [fn]delivered by the eunuchs H5631?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And in the presence H6440 of the king H4428 and the other officials H8269, Memucan H4462 said H559, “Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 has wronged H5753 not only H905 the king H4428 but also all H3605 the officials H8269 and all H3605 the peoples H5971 who H834 are in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the queen’s H4436 conduct H1697 will [fn]become H3318 known H3318 to all H3605 the women H802 so as to make H959 their own husbands H1167 despicable H959 in their sight H5869, when they say H559, ‘King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 [fn]commanded H559 that Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 be brought H935 in H935 to his presence H6440, but she did not come H935.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - “And this H2088 day H3117 the wives H8282 of H8282 the H8282 officials H8282 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 who H834 have heard H8085 about the queen’s H4436 conduct H1697 will talk H559 about it to all H3605 the king’s H4428 officials H8269, and there will be plenty H1767 of contempt H963 and anger H7110.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, let a royal H4438 [fn]edict H1697 be issued H3318 by him and let it be written H3789 in the laws H1881 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 so that it cannot H3808 [fn]be repealed H5674, that Vashti H2060 may not come H935 into the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, and let the king H4428 give H5414 her royal H4438 position H4438 to [fn]another H7468 who is more H4480 worthy H2896 than H4480 she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “When the king’s H4428 edict H6599 which H834 he will make H6213 is heard H8085 throughout H3605 his kingdom H4438, [fn]great H7227 as it is, then all H3605 women H802 will give H5414 honor H3366 to their husbands H1167, great H1419 and small H6996.”

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Now this word H1697 pleased H3190 H5869 the king H4428 and the officials H8269, and the king H4428 did H6213 [fn]as Memucan H4462 proposed H1697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - So he sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the king’s H4428 provinces H4082, to each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791 and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, that every H3605 man H376 was to be H8323 the H8323 ruler H8323 in his own house H1004 and the one who speaks H1696 in the language H3956 of his own people H5971.
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