‏ Esther 1:17-20

despise 2Sam 6:16; Eph 5:33

the ladies Saroth, the princesses, but the meaning is well expressed by our term ladies. Judg 5:29; 1Kgs 11:3

it please the king Heb. it be good with the king, Esth 1:21, Esth 3:9, Esth 8:5

from him Heb. from before him

it be not altered Heb. it pass not away, Esth 8:8; Dan 6:8-15, Dan 6:17; Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."

another Heb. her companion

that is better 1Sam 15:28; 1Kgs 3:28

throughout Deut 17:13, Deut 21:21

all the wives Eph 5:33; Col 3:18; 1Pet 3:1-7

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