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Esther 1

King James Version · 22 verses · 259 cross-references linking it to 126 other chapters

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  1. 1Now 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:)20 cross-references: Daniel 9:1, Esther 8:9, Esther 9:30, Ezra 4:6, Daniel 6:1
  2. 2That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,15 cross-references: Nehemiah 1:1, 2 Samuel 7:1, Daniel 8:2, 1 Kings 1:46, Esther 2:3
  3. 3In 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:28 cross-references: Mark 6:21, Esther 2:18, Daniel 5:1, 1 Kings 3:15, Isaiah 21:2
  4. 4When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.28 cross-references: Job 40:10, Psalms 93:1, Daniel 7:9–14, Romans 9:23, Psalms 21:5
  5. 5And 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;6 cross-references: Esther 7:7–8, 2 Chronicles 30:21–25, 2 Chronicles 7:8–9
  6. 6Where 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.12 cross-references: Amos 6:4, Ezekiel 23:41, Esther 7:8, Amos 2:8, Esther 8:15
  7. 7And 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.8 cross-references: Daniel 5:2–4, 2 Chronicles 9:20, Esther 2:18, 1 Kings 10:21
  8. 8And 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.5 cross-references: Habakkuk 2:15–16, Jeremiah 51:7, Jeremiah 35:8, John 2:8
  9. 9Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.2 cross-references: Esther 5:4, Esther 5:8
  10. 10On 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,20 cross-references: Esther 7:9, Judges 16:25, 2 Samuel 13:28, Ecclesiastes 7:2–4, Proverbs 20:1
  11. 11To 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.15 cross-references: Proverbs 31:30, Mark 6:21–22, Proverbs 16:9, 2 Samuel 14:25, 1 Samuel 25:3
  12. 12But 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.23 cross-references: Proverbs 19:12, 1 Peter 3:1, Daniel 3:13, Deuteronomy 29:20, Exodus 32:19
  13. 13Then 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:11 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 12:32, Daniel 2:2, Jeremiah 10:7, Matthew 16:3, Daniel 2:12
  14. 14And 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;)12 cross-references: 2 Kings 25:19, Ezra 7:14, Matthew 18:10, Revelation 22:4
  15. 15What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?1 cross-reference: Esther 6:6
  16. 16And 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.6 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 6:7–8, Acts 18:14, Acts 25:10
  17. 17For 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.3 cross-references: Ephesians 5:33, 2 Samuel 6:16
  18. 18Likewise 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.2 cross-references: Judges 5:29, 1 Kings 11:3
  19. 19If 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.15 cross-references: Esther 8:8, 1 Samuel 15:28, Esther 8:5, Daniel 6:8–15, Esther 3:9
  20. 20And 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.11 cross-references: Colossians 3:18, Ephesians 5:33, Ephesians 5:22, 1 Peter 3:1–7, Deuteronomy 17:13
  21. 21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:8 cross-references: Esther 2:4, Genesis 41:37, Esther 1:19
  22. 22For 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.14 cross-references: Esther 3:12, Esther 8:9, Ephesians 5:22–24, 1 Timothy 2:12, 1 Corinthians 14:19–20

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People in Esther 1

Ahasuerus, Vashti, Memucan, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, Carcas, Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena

Places in Esther 1

Media, Persia, Susa, Ethiopia, India

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