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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Esther 1 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/esther/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/esther/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Esther 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nehemiah/13.htm" title="Nehemiah 13">◄</a> Esther 1 <a href="../esther/2.htm" title="Esther 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>NOW it came to pass in the days of Akhshirash, who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>In the days when King Akhshirash sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>In the third year of his reign, he made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, the mighty men of Persia and Media and the king's nobles and the governors of the provinces being before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Then he showed them the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and eighty days.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>And when these days were completed, the king made a feast to all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>There were curtains of white cotton and wool, and hangings of violet, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of marble, and the carpets were of fine white linen and silk. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And they gave the guests drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being different one from another), and royal wine was in abundance, according to the generosity of the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel; for so the king had commanded to all the stewards of his household, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Also Vashti the queen made a great feast for all the women in the royal house which belonged to King Akhshirash.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded the eunuchs, Biztha, Rahbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Terash, Zethar, and Carcash, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Akhshirash the king, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>To bring Vashti the queen be fore the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look upon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command by the eunuchs; therefore the king was very wroth and his anger burned in him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the king spoke to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king's custom, he discussed matters in the presence of all who knew law and judgment). <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>And those who were next to him were Barnashi, Shetar, Armoth, Remos, Tarshish, Mesriah, Meaucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who sat in the presence of the king and were seen before him at the gate of the royal palace. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>And he said, What shall we do to Queen Vashti, according to law, because she has not performed the command of King Akhshirash by the eunuchs? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>And Meaucan said before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of King Akhshirash. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>For this deed of the queen shall reach all women, so that their husbands shall be despised in their eyes, and they shall say, King Akhshirash commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she did not come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>Even this very day the princes of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen shall tell it to all the king's princes. Thus there shall be much contempt and wrath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>If it please the king, let there go forth a royal decree from him, and let it be written among the laws of Media and Persia, that it may not be altered, that Vashti the queen is to come no more before King Akhshirash; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>And the king's decree shall be proclaimed and published throughout all his empire (for it is great), that all wives shall give honor to their husbands, both great and small.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Meaucan; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/1-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>And he sent letters to all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof and to every people according to its own language, that every man should bear rule in his own house and that it should be published according to the language of every people.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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