Greek Esther 2:16-18

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¹⁶ So Esther went in to King Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign. ¹⁷ And the king loved Esther passionately, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins, and he put on her the queen’s diadem.^{(A) 18} Then the king gave a drinking party lasting seven days for all his Friends and the officers to celebrate his marriage to Esther, and he granted a remission of taxes to those who were under his rule.^(B)