Esther 2:1

After these things, when the fury of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

In Context

2Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

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Cross References

Esther 1:12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.

Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.

Matthew Henry on Esther 2:1

Two things are recorded in this chapter, which were working towards the deliverance of the Jews from Haman's conspiracy:—I. The advancement of Esther to be queen instead of Vashti. Many others were candidates for the honour ( ver. 1-4 ); but Esther, an orphan, a captive-Jewess ( ver. 5-7 ), recommended herself to the king's chamberlain first ( ver. 8-11 ) and then to the king ( ver. 12-17 ), who made her queen, ver. 18-20 . II. The good service that Mordecai did to the king in discovering a plot against his life,… Read the whole commentary →

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