Esther 1:21 KJV — MannaFest

Esther 1:21

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.

YLT

And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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Esther 2:4
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Genesis 41:37
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
Esther 1:19
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.
2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
Genesis 45:16
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

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Joshua 22:30

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): were they better than the queen? Whether it was the passion or the policy of the king that was served by this edict, God's providence served its own purpose by it, which was to make way for Esther to the crown.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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. 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. Which of the kings of Persia this Ahasuerus was the learned are not agreed.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

How does this Heathen prince shame many, that are called Christians, who think they do not make their friends welcome, unless they make them drunk, and under pretense of sending the health round, send the sin round, and death with it! Women - While the king entertained the men. For this was the common custom of the Persians, that men and women did not feast together.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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