Esther 2:18

And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

In Context

17And the king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins: and he put on her the queen's crown.

19But Mardochaeus served in the palace.

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Cross References

Judges 14:10And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a + 14:10 i.e. in the original sense of the word, a drinking party. banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.

Nehemiah 8:11And the Levites caused all the people to be silent, saying, Be silent, for it is a holy day, and despond not.

Esther 1:7gold and silver cups, and a small cup of carbuncle set out of the value of thirty thousand talents, abundant and sweet wine, which the king himself drank.

Song of Solomon 3:11Go forth, you⌃ daughters of Sion, and behold king Solomon, with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him, in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Matthew Henry on Esther 2:2-21

Esther's Advancement; Esther Chosen Queen. ( b. c. 514.) 1 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. 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of… Read the whole commentary →

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