Difference between revisions of "Esth 2:8"

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Hegai.One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., instead of Hegai has Heg� as in Es 2:3.

Es 2:3

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-none did compel.
+Hegai.One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., instead of Hegai has Heg� as in Es 2:3.
-Every person drank what he pleased.
+Es 2:3
-Among the Greeks, however, each guest was obliged to keep the round, or leave the company:  hence the proverb [E pithi, e apithi,] Drink, or begone.  Mr. Herbert, in his poem entitled
-"The Church Porch," has severely reprobated this vile custom.
-In Britain, however, this demoralizing custom is now almost destroyed, and a new era of social pleasure is arising, by temperate habits, increased domestic comforts, and the spread of gospel truths.
-Jer 35:8; Jer 51:7; Hab 2:15; Hab 2:16
-the officers.
-John 2:8