Esther 1:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast for 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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  • Esth 2:18 : 18 Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
  • 1 Kgs 3:15 : 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
  • Mark 6:21 : 21 And when a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee;
  • Gen 40:20 : 20 And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
  • Isa 21:2 : 2 A harsh vision is revealed to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing have I made to cease.
  • Dan 5:1 : 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
  • Dan 5:28 : 28 PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
  • Dan 6:1 : 1 It pleased Darius to appoint over the kingdom one hundred and twenty princes, who should be over the whole kingdom;
  • Dan 6:6-7 : 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counselors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
  • Dan 8:20 : 20 The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
  • Jer 51:11 : 11 Polish the arrows; gather the shields; the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His temple.
  • Dan 3:2-3 : 2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the princes, the governors, the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3 Then the princes, the governors, the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces gathered to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
  • Ezra 1:2 : 2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
  • Esth 1:14 : 14 And the closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face and who sat first in the kingdom).

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  • Esth 1:4-5
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    4When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty for many days, even a hundred and eighty days.

    5And when these days were completed, the king made a feast for all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

  • Esth 1:1-2
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    1Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces).

    2In those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

  • Esth 1:8-11
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    8And the drinking was according to the law; no one was compelled, for the king had appointed to all the officials of his house that they should do according to each man's pleasure.

    9Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

    10On 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 eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

    11To bring Queen Vashti before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty, for she was fair to look upon.

  • Esth 2:18-19
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    18Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

    19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

  • Esth 1:13-16
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    13Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's manner toward all who knew law and judgment,

    14And the closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face and who sat first in the kingdom).

    15What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the commandment of King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?

    16And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, 'Queen Vashti has not only wronged the king but also all the princes and all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

  • Esth 3:12
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    12Then the king's scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, according to its writing and to every people in their language; in the name of King Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

  • Esth 7:1
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    1So the king and Haman came to feast with Queen Esther.

  • Esth 3:1
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    1After these things, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

  • Esth 9:1
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    1Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his decree came to be executed, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned around, so the Jews had power over those who hated them;)

  • Esth 10:1-2
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    1And King Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon the islands of the sea.

    2And all the acts of his power and might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

  • Esth 3:6-7
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    6And he thought it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

    7In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

  • Esth 3:14-15
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    14A copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published to all people, that they should be ready against that day.

    15The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

  • Neh 2:1
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    1And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence previously.

  • Esth 5:1
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    1Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel and stood in the inner court of the king's house, opposite the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, opposite the gate of the house.

  • Esth 8:9
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    9Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the governors and officials and rulers of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and language.

  • Dan 5:1
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    1Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

  • Esth 1:19-22
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    19If it pleases 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 shall not be altered, that Vashti shall no more come before King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

    20And 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 honor, both to great and small.

    21And the saying pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

    22For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to its writing and to every people according to their language, that every man should rule in his own house and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

  • Esth 2:16
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    16So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

  • Esth 9:3
    72%

    3And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

  • Esth 6:1
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    1That night the king could not sleep, so he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

  • Dan 1:5
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    5And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's delicacies and of the wine which he drank, so nourishing them three years, that at the end of that time they might serve before the king.

  • Esth 2:1-4
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    1After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

    2Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king."

    3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, under the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them.

    4And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

  • Esth 8:12
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    12On a single day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, namely, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

  • Esth 6:14
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    14And while they were still talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

  • Esth 9:17
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    17On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

  • Esth 9:30
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    30And he sent the letters to all the Jews, to the one hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

  • Esth 3:3
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    3Then the king's servants who were in the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's commandment?"

  • Esth 8:1
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    1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had revealed who he was to her.

  • Esth 5:4-5
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    4And Esther answered, If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.

    5Then the king said, Make Haman hurry, so that he may do as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

  • Dan 1:3
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    3And the king spoke to Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring some of the children of Israel, and of the king's descendants, and of the nobles;