Esther 2:18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The king held a great banquet for all his officials and staff.  It was Esther’s banquet. He freed his provinces from tax payments and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

Cross References

Revelation 19:9

Then he  said to me,  ‘Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast  of the Lamb! ’ He also said to me, ‘These words of God are true.’

Revelation 11:10

Those who live on the earth will gloat  over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

Luke 14:8

‘When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t sit in the place of honour, because a more distinguished person   than you may have been invited by your host.

Matthew 22:2

‘The kingdom of heaven   is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have come to my garden #– #my sister, my bride. I gather  my myrrh with my spices. I eat my honeycomb with my honey. I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, be intoxicated with caresses!  ,

Song of Solomon 3:11

Go out, young women of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother placed on him on the day of his wedding   – the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

Esther 9:22

because during those days the Jews gained relief from  their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday.  They were to be days of feasting,  rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Esther 1:7

Drinks were served in an array of gold goblets,  each with a different design. Royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.

Nehemiah 8:11

And the Levites quietened all the people, saying, ‘Be still,  since today  is holy. Don’t grieve.’

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favour with you, for we have come on a feast  day.  Please give whatever you have on hand to your servants and to your son David.” ’

Genesis 29:22

So Laban invited all the men of the place and sponsored a feast.

Mark 6:21

An opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet  for his nobles,  military commanders,  and the leading men of Galilee.