Esther 1:10
Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Aman, and Bazan, and Tharrha, and Barazi, and Zatholtha, and Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, servants of king Artaxerxes,
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
9Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes lived.
Cross References
Genesis 43:34And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin's portion was + 43:34 Gr. was magnified beyond the portions of all five times in comparison of theirs. five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in this house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry + 25:36 Gr. upon him. within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.
Esther 3:15And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.
Proverbs 20:1Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.
Ecclesiastes 7:2A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.
Daniel 1:3And the king told Asphanez his chief eunuch, to bring in some of the captive children of Israel, and of the seed of the kingdom, and of the princes;
Matthew Henry on Esther 1:2-10
Esther How the providence of God watched over the Jews that had returned out of captivity to their own land, and what great and kind things were done for them, we read in the two foregoing books; but there were many who staid behind, having not zeal enough for God's house, and the holy land and city, to carry them through the difficulties of a removal thither. These, one would think, should have been excluded the special protection of Providence, as unworthy the name of Israelites; but our God deals not with us… Read the whole commentary →