Esther 1:21

The Scriptures 2009

And the word was good in the eyes of the sovereign and the princes, and the sovereign did according to the word of Memuḵan.

Cross References

Genesis 41:37

And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

Esther 1:19

“If it pleases the sovereign, let a royal decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it does not pass away, that Vashti shall come no more before Sovereign Aḥashwĕrosh. And let the sovereign give her royal position to another who is better than she.

Esther 1:20

“And the sovereign’s decree which he makes shall be proclaimed throughout all his rule, great as it is, and all the wives give esteem to their husbands, both great and small.”

Esther 1:22

So he sent letters to all the sovereign’s provinces, to each province in its own writing, and to every people in their own language, that each man should be master in his own house and speak in the language of his people.

Esther 2:4

“And let the young woman who pleases the sovereign be sovereigness instead of Vashti.” And the word pleased the sovereign, and he did so.