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Esther 1:21

וַיִּיטַב הַדָּבָר בְּעֵינֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִים וַיַּעַשׂ הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּדְבַר מְמוּכָֽן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

In Context

20וְנִשְׁמַע פִּתְגָם הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר ־ יַעֲשֶׂה בְּכָל ־ מַלְכוּתוֹ כִּי רַבָּה הִיא וְכָל ־ הַנָּשִׁים יִתְּנוּ יְקָר לְבַעְלֵיהֶן לְמִגָּדוֹל וְעַד ־ קָטָֽן ׃

22וַיִּשְׁלַח סְפָרִים אֶל ־ כָּל ־ מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָה כִּכְתָבָהּ וְאֶל ־ עַם וָעָם כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ לִהְיוֹת כָּל ־ אִישׁ שֹׂרֵר בְּבֵיתוֹ וּמְדַבֵּר כִּלְשׁוֹן עַמּֽוֹ ׃ פ

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Cross References

Esther 1:19אִם ־ עַל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב יֵצֵא דְבַר ־ מַלְכוּת מִלְּפָנָיו וְיִכָּתֵב בְּדָתֵי פָֽרַס ־ וּמָדַי וְלֹא יַעֲבוֹר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ תָבוֹא וַשְׁתִּי לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ וּמַלְכוּתָהּ יִתֵּן הַמֶּלֶךְ לִרְעוּתָהּ הַטּוֹבָה מִמֶּֽנָּה ׃

Matthew Henry on Esther 1:11-22

Vashti's Refusal to Appear; Vashti Divorced. ( b. c. 519.) 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 Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. 12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains:… Read the whole commentary →

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