Esther 1:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The furnishings included white linen and blue curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.

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  • Ezek 23:41 : 41 You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.
  • Amos 6:4 : 4 They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.
  • Esth 7:8 : 8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed,“Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!”As these words left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
  • Esth 8:15 : 15 Now Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in blue and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy.
  • Exod 26:1 : 1 The Tabernacle“The tabernacle itself you are to make with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; you are to make them with cherubim that are the work of an artistic designer.
  • Exod 26:31-32 : 31 “You are to make a special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be made with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer. 32 You are to hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, set in four silver bases.
  • Exod 26:36-37 : 36 “You are to make a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. 37 You are to make for the hanging five posts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks will be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.
  • Amos 2:8 : 8 They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!

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  • 7Drinks were served in golden containers, all of which differed from one another. Royal wine was available in abundance at the king’s expense.

  • Esth 1:2-5
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    2In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel,

    3in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.

    4He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time– a hundred and eighty days, to be exact!

    5When those days were completed, the king then provided a seven-day banquet for all the people who were present in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.

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    16All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen.

    17The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver, their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.

    18The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high,

    19with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

  • 16I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.

  • 15Now Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in blue and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy.

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    36“You are to make a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer.

    37You are to make for the hanging five posts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks will be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.

  • 2 Chr 3:5-7
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    5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

    6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.

    7He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

  • 10Queen Vashti is Removed from Her Royal Position On the seventh day, as King Ahasuerus was feeling the effects of the wine, he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who attended him,

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    35He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

    36He made for it four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

    37He made a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,

    38and its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

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    16For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases.

    17All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands; their hooks are to be silver, and their bases bronze.

  • 18The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 10Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.

  • 1The Tabernacle“The tabernacle itself you are to make with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; you are to make them with cherubim that are the work of an artistic designer.

  • Exod 38:9-10
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    9The Construction of the Courtyard He made the courtyard. For the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long,

    10with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.

  • Exod 39:2-3
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    2The Ephod He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

    3They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave them into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and into the fine linen, the work of an artistic designer.

  • 12cargo such as gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all sorts of things made of citron wood, all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble,

  • 17The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 5The artisans are to use the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

  • 14He made the curtain out of blue, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

  • 6blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, goat’s hair,

  • 8The Building of the Tabernacle All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer.

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    31“You are to make a special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be made with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

    32You are to hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, set in four silver bases.

  • 4blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goat’s hair,

  • 8When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed,“Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!”As these words left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

  • 21Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold.

  • 7Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail to serve as your banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was used for your deck’s awning.

  • 41You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.

  • Dan 5:3-4
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    3So they brought the gold and silver vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them.

    4As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

  • 40the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway of the courtyard, its ropes and its tent pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

  • 1The Turning Point: The King Honors Mordecai Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king’s presence,

  • 24They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen around the hem of the robe.

  • 4They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.