Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Esther 1:9
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Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
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Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus.
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Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
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Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
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Esther 1
7 Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.
8 By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
9 Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
10 On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
11 to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.
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