Verse 4

and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 13:4-6 : 4 And he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand. 6 So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let her sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.
  • 2 Sam 16:21-23 : 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 17:4 : 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
  • Esth 1:21 : 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
  • Esth 3:9-9 : 9 If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the [king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. 10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
  • Matt 14:6 : 6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last.
  • Matt 22:14 : 14 For many are called, but few chosen.