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Esther 1 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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The Banquets of the King

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to [fn]Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - [fn]And he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were hangings of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - Drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king’s [fn]bounty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:8 - The drinking was done according to the law, there was no compulsion, for so the king had given orders to each official of his household that he should do according to the desires of each person.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the [fn]palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

Queen Vashti's Refusal

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. Then the king became very angry and his wrath burned within him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13 - Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times—for it was the custom of the king so to speak before all who knew law and justice

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close to him: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who [fn]had access to the king’s presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she did not [fn]obey the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - In the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the queen’s conduct will [fn]become known to all the women causing them [fn]to look with contempt on their husbands by saying, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought in to his presence, but she did not come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - “This day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s conduct will speak in the same way to all the king’s princes, and there will be plenty of contempt and anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it pleases the king, let a royal [fn]edict be issued by him and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot [fn]be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to [fn]another who is more worthy than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “When the king’s edict which he will make is heard throughout all his kingdom, [fn]great as it is, then all women will give honor to their husbands, great and small.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:21 - This word pleased the king and the princes, and the king did [fn]as Memucan proposed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - So he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, to each province according to its script and to every people according to their language, that every man should be the master in his own house and the one who speaks in the language of his own people.
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: Cush
Literally: When
Literally: hand
Literally: royal house
Literally: saw the face of the king
Literally: do
Literally: go forth
Literally: to despise...in their eyes
Literally: word go forth from
Literally: pass away
Literally: her neighbor
Literally: for great is it
Literally: according to the word of
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