Verse 2
Esther 1:2
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
2
When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the capital of his kingdom.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בַּ/יָּמִ֖ים הָ/הֵ֑ם כְּ/שֶׁ֣בֶת הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ עַ֚ל כִּסֵּ֣א מַלְכוּת֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ/שׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַ/בִּירָֽה
English Translation
In those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne, which was in Shushan the citadel.
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Chapter 1 Context
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In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven province...
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When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the capital of his kingdom.
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Now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all the princes, and for his servants,...
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That he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the greatness, and boasting of his po...
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And when the days of the feast were expired, he invited all the people that were found in Susan, fro...
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And there were hung up on every side sky coloured, and green, and violet hangings, fastened with cor...
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And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats were brought in divers vessels one a...
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Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing, but as the king had appoint...
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Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace, where king Assuerus was used to dwel...
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Now on the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very much drinking was well warmed with w...
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To bring in queen Vasthi before the king, with the crown set upon her head, to shew her beauty to al...
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But she refused, and would not come at the king's commandment, which he had signified to her by the...
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Baked the wise men, who according to the custom of the kings, were always near his person, and all h...
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(Now the chief and nearest him were, Charsena, and Sethar, and Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and...
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What sentence ought to pass upon Vasthi the queen, who had refused to obey the commandment of king A...
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And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of the king and the princes: Queen Vasthi hath not only injure...
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For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands, an...
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And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians and the Medes will slight the comma...
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If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law...
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And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all...
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His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan...
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And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in div...
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