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Esther 2:18

Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

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ASV

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

KJV

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213 →
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
מִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.Teha feastH4960 →
גָד֗וֹלga.DolgreatH1419 →
לְכָל־le.kholfor allH3605 →
שָׂרָיו֙sa.Ravofficials hisH8269 →
וַעֲבָדָ֔יוva.'a.va.Davand servants hisH5650 →
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853 →
מִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.Teh[the] feast ofH4960 →
אֶסְתֵּ֑ר'es.TerEstherH635 →
וַהֲנָחָ֤הva.ha.na.Chahand a holidayH2010 →
לַמְּדִינוֹת֙la.me.di.nOtfor the provincesH4082 →
עָשָׂ֔ה'a.Sahhe madeH6213 →
וַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.Tenand he gaveH5414 →
מַשְׂאֵ֖תmas.'EttributeH4864 →
כְּיַ֥דke.Yadaccording to [the] hand ofH3027 →
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →

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Esther 1:3In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.Mark 6:21On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”Luke 14:8“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.Revelation 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.Esther 9:22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.Genesis 29:22So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.Song of Solomon 3:11Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.Nehemiah 8:11And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”Esther 1:3–5In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.Esther 1:7Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.Matthew 22:2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.Judges 14:10–17Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.Revelation 19:9Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”Song of Solomon 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.Matthew 14:6On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased HerodEphesians 4:8This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

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Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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