Esther 1:8

וְהַשְּׁתִיָּה כַדָּת אֵין אֹנֵס כִּי ־ כֵן ׀ יִסַּד הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל כָּל ־ רַב בֵּיתוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת כִּרְצוֹן אִישׁ ־ וָאִֽישׁ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

7וְהַשְׁקוֹת בִּכְלֵי זָהָב וְכֵלִים מִכֵּלִים שׁוֹנִים וְיֵין מַלְכוּת רָב כְּיַד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

9גַּם וַשְׁתִּי הַמַּלְכָּה עָשְׂתָה מִשְׁתֵּה נָשִׁים בֵּית הַמַּלְכוּת אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ ׃ ס

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Cross References

Jeremiah 35:8וַנִּשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוֹנָדָב בֶּן ־ רֵכָב אָבִינוּ לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּנוּ לְבִלְתִּי שְׁתֽוֹת ־ יַיִן כָּל ־ יָמֵינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ נָשֵׁינוּ בָּנֵינוּ וּבְנֹתֵֽינוּ ׃

Habakkuk 2:15הוֹי מַשְׁקֵה רֵעֵהוּ מְסַפֵּחַ חֲמָתְךָ וְאַף שַׁכֵּר לְמַעַן הַבִּיט עַל ־ מְעוֹרֵיהֶֽם ׃

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 →

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