Esther 1:21

World English Bible (2000)

This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

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  • Gen 41:37 : 37 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
  • Esth 2:4 : 4 and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
  • Esth 1:19 : 19 "If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

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  • Esth 1:22
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    22 for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.

  • Esth 1:8-20
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    8 In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

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

    10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

    11 to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.

    12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.

    13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

    14 and the next 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 sat first in the kingdom),

    15 "What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?"

    16 Memucan answered before the king and the princes, "Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.

    17 For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands, when it is reported, 'King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn't come.'

    18 Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's deed will tell all the king's princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.

    19 "If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

    20 When the king's decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small."

  • Esth 2:4
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    4 and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." The thing pleased the king, and he did so.

  • Esth 8:5
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    5 She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.

  • Esth 2:17-18
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    17 The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

    18 Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king's bounty.

  • 2 Chr 30:4
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    4 The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.

  • Esth 2:13
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    13 The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women's house to the king's house.

  • Esth 3:11-12
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    11 The king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."

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

  • Esth 6:7
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    7 Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,

  • Esth 9:26
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    26 Therefore they called these days "Purim," from the word "Pur." Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,

  • Esth 5:3-5
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    3 Then the king asked her, "What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom."

    4 Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."

    5 Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said." So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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

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

  • Esth 2:9
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    9 The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king's house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women's house.

  • Esth 1:2-3
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    2 that in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

    3 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.

  • Esth 6:10-11
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    10 Then the king said to Haman, "Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken."

    11 Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!"

  • Esth 8:1-2
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    1 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

    2 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

  • Esth 5:8
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    8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said."

  • Esth 9:31-32
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    31 to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.

    32 The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

  • Esth 4:12
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    12 They told to Mordecai Esther's words.

  • Esth 3:1
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    1 After 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 2:22
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    22 This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name.

  • Esth 2:15
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    15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.

  • Dan 6:1
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    1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

  • Esth 4:17
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    17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

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

  • Esth 4:15
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    15 Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,

  • Esth 1:5
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    5 When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

  • Dan 5:10
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    10 [Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don't let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4 for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?"