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Esther 1:3-5
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Esther 1:3-5
International Standard Version
3 In the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers,[a] and the military leaders[b] of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the provincial officials were present.[c] 4 He displayed the enormous wealth of his kingdom, along with its splendid beauty and greatness for many days—for 180 days in all.[d]
The Banquet of King Ahasuerus
5 When those days were over, the king held a seven-day banquet in the courtyard of the garden of his[e] palace for all the people who were present in Susa the capital, from the greatest to the least important.
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- Esther 1:3 Or his servants
- Esther 1:3 Lit. army
- Esther 1:3 Lit. before him
- Esther 1:4 The Heb. lacks in all
- Esther 1:5 Lit. the king’s
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