Esther 1:3
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to his friends, and the other nations, and to the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and the chief of the satraps.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
2in those days, when king Artaxerxes was on the throne in the city of Susa,
Cross References
1 Kings 3:15And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and + 3:15 Gr. comes. came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.
Esther 1:14So Arkesaeus, and 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,
Esther 3:7And he made a + 3:7 Gr. vote by ballot. decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to kill in one day the race of Mardochaeus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month which is Adar.
Jeremiah 51:11Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold I do set my face against you
Daniel 5:1Baltasar the king made a great supper for his thousand nobles, and there was wine before the thousand.
Daniel 6:1And it pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be in all his kingdom;
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 →