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Esther Chapter 1

Esther
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Esther

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The chapter opens with King Xerxes issuing a decree that anyone who opposes him will be executed, and Mordecai, a Jewish official, warns his people to obey. Esther, a cousin of Mordecai, volunteers to deliver the message to the king, showing courage and loyalty to her people.

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(1) Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
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Ezra 4:6Daniel 9:1Esther 8:9Isaiah 18:1Isaiah 37:9Daniel 6:1

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Esther 8:9II Chronicles 2:10Esther 9:30I Kings 6:20I Kings 14:20II Kings 14:2

(2) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
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II Samuel 7:1I Kings 1:46Daniel 4:4Esther 2:3Esther 3:15Esther 4:16Esther 9:12Esther 9:13Esther 9:14Esther 9:15Nehemiah 1:1Daniel 8:2

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Esther 3:15I Kings 2:19II Chronicles 18:9Revelation 4:2Revelation 4:10Revelation 4:6

(3) In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto 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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Esther 2:18Genesis 40:20I Kings 3:15Daniel 5:1Mark 6:21Esther 1:14Ezra 1:2Isaiah 21:2Jeremiah 51:11Daniel 5:28Daniel 8:20Daniel 3:2

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Psalms 68:27Revelation 8:12Esther 1:16Esther 2:18II Chronicles 17:7Numbers 7:2

(4) When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
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Isaiah 39:2Ezekiel 28:5Daniel 4:30Psalms 76:1Psalms 76:2Psalms 76:3Psalms 76:4Psalms 145:5Psalms 145:12Psalms 145:13Daniel 2:37Daniel 2:38

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Proverbs 8:18Psalms 145:5Daniel 4:36

(5) And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
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II Chronicles 7:8II Chronicles 7:9II Chronicles 30:21II Chronicles 30:22II Chronicles 30:23II Chronicles 30:24II Chronicles 30:25

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Esther 2:8Esther 3:15Esther 7:8I Kings 16:18Ezra 4:14Esther 2:3

(6) Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
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Exodus 26:1Exodus 26:31Exodus 26:32Exodus 26:36Exodus 26:37Esther 8:15Esther 7:8Ezekiel 23:41Amos 2:8Amos 6:4

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Exodus 38:17II Chronicles 2:14Revelation 18:12Exodus 39:28Esther 8:15I Chronicles 29:2

(7) And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
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I Kings 10:21II Chronicles 9:20Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:3Daniel 5:4

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II Samuel 8:10II Chronicles 24:14Isaiah 22:24Mark 2:22Exodus 7:19Exodus 30:27

(8) And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
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Jeremiah 35:8Jeremiah 51:7Habakkuk 2:15Habakkuk 2:16John 2:8

(9) Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
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Esther 5:4Esther 5:8

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Esther 1:17Esther 2:17Esther 1:19Esther 2:12Deuteronomy 16:16II Chronicles 8:13

(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,
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Genesis 43:34Judges 16:25I Samuel 25:36I Samuel 25:37II Samuel 13:28Proverbs 20:1Ecclesiastes 7:2Ecclesiastes 7:3Ecclesiastes 7:4Ecclesiastes 10:19Ephesians 5:18Ephesians 5:19

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II Samuel 16:19Mark 2:22Nehemiah 2:1Revelation 14:10Matthew 9:17

(11) To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
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Proverbs 16:9Proverbs 23:29Proverbs 23:30Proverbs 23:31Proverbs 23:32Proverbs 23:33Mark 6:21Mark 6:22I Samuel 25:3II Samuel 14:25Proverbs 31:30

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Esther 1:16Esther 2:17Psalms 68:27Esther 1:9Esther 1:19Esther 5:1

(12) But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
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Genesis 3:16Ephesians 5:22Ephesians 5:24I Peter 3:1Proverbs 19:12Proverbs 20:2Daniel 2:12Daniel 3:13Daniel 3:19Nahum 1:6Revelation 6:16Revelation 6:17

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Esther 2:21Esther 3:3Esther 8:8Esther 1:15II Chronicles 29:25Esther 2:8

(13) Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
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Jeremiah 10:7Daniel 2:2Daniel 2:12Daniel 2:27Daniel 4:6Daniel 4:7Daniel 5:7Matthew 2:1I Chronicles 12:32Matthew 16:3

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Esther 8:8

(14) And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
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Ezra 7:14II Kings 25:19Matthew 18:10Revelation 22:4

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Esther 1:3Esther 1:18Jeremiah 36:12Esther 8:8II Chronicles 9:21Jonah 1:3

(15) What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
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Esther 6:6

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Esther 1:12Esther 1:17Numbers 9:23Esther 1:19I John 2:7Esther 1:9

(16) And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
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Acts 18:14Acts 25:10I Corinthians 6:7I Corinthians 6:8

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Psalms 68:27Esther 1:3Numbers 7:2Numbers 7:10Joshua 9:18Joshua 9:21

(17) For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
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II Samuel 6:16Ephesians 5:33

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Esther 1:9Esther 2:17Esther 1:15Esther 1:16Daniel 5:10Esther 2:12

(18) Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
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Judges 5:29I Kings 11:3

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Esther 1:3Esther 1:14Esther 8:8Esther 1:16Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 36:12

(19) If it please 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 be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
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Esther 1:21Esther 3:9Esther 8:5Esther 8:8Daniel 6:8Daniel 6:9Daniel 6:10Daniel 6:11Daniel 6:12Daniel 6:13Daniel 6:14Daniel 6:15

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Esther 5:1Esther 1:9Esther 6:8Esther 3:8Numbers 9:23Esther 1:15

(20) And 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 honour, both to great and small.
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Deuteronomy 17:13Deuteronomy 21:21Ephesians 5:33Colossians 3:18I Peter 3:1I Peter 3:2I Peter 3:3I Peter 3:4I Peter 3:5I Peter 3:6I Peter 3:7

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Esther 8:8II Kings 24:15Jeremiah 29:6I Peter 3:1Esther 2:8Esther 3:3

(21) And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
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Esther 1:19Esther 2:4Genesis 41:37

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Esther 1:16Psalms 68:27

(22) For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
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Esther 3:12Esther 8:9Daniel 3:29Daniel 4:1Ephesians 5:22Ephesians 5:23Ephesians 5:24I Timothy 2:12Titus 2:4Titus 2:5Luke 16:8Acts 2:5

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Esther 8:9Esther 3:12Esther 8:8II Samuel 18:20II Kings 18:26Nehemiah 13:24

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