Esth 1:19

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it please the king. Heb. it be good with the king.

Esth 1:21; Esth 3:9; Esth 8:5

from him. Heb. from before him. it be not altered. Heb. itpass not away.

Esth 8:8; Dan 6:8-15; Dan 6:17

Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire.

The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not." another. Heb. her companion. that is better.

1Sam 15:28; 1Kgs 3:28