Esther 1:19
11If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment 12from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the tMedes, 13that it be not altered, That Vashti ucome no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate 14unto another that is better than she.
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
11:
Heb. If it be good with the king.
12:
Heb. from before him.
t:
2 Kings 17:6 ¶In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
13:
Heb. that it pass not away.
u:
Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
14:
Heb. unto her companion.
which this cunning politician knew it would do.
which caution was necessary for his own security; for if the queen should recover her state and the king’s favour, he was most likely to fall into his displeasure.