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Esther 1:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" And he said to his friends, “This is what Vashti said. Therefore pronounce your legal judgment on this case.” "

Esther 1:13

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11 to bring in the queen to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to show her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations, for she was beautiful.

12 But queen Vashti refused to come with the chamberlains; so the king was grieved and angered.

13 And he said to his friends, “This is what Vashti said. Therefore pronounce your legal judgment on this case.”

14 So Arkesaeus, Sarsathaeus, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief in rank by the king, drew near to him,

15 and reported to him according to the laws what it was proper to do to queen Vashti, because she had not done the things commanded by the king through the chamberlains.

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Esther 2:4

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"Let the woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king; and he did so."

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Esther 2:1

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"Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.”"

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"Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”"

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2 Chronicles 19:6

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"and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you in the judgment."

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"Judith said to them, “Hear me now, my kindred, and take this head, and hang it upon the battlement of your wall."

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Esther 1:1

"And it came to pass after these things in the days of Ahasuerus, —(this Ahasuerus ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India)—"

Esther 1:2

"in those days, when King Ahasuerus was on the throne in the city of Susa,"

Esther 1:3

"in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for his friends, for people from the rest of the nations, for the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and for the chief of the local governors."

Esther 1:4

"After this—after he had shown them the wealth of his kingdom and the abundant glory of his wealth during one hundred eighty days—"

Esther 1:5

"when the days of the wedding feast were completed, the king made a banquet lasting six days for the people of the nations who were present in the city, in the court of the king’s house,"

Esther 1:6

"which was adorned with fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs on pillars of white marble and stone. There were golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of mother-of-pearl, and of white marble, with transparent coverings variously flowered, having roses arranged around it."

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