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Esther 6:1
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That night sleep escaped the king, so he ordered the book recording daily events to be brought and read to the king.
On that night the king couldn't sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
That same night the king could not sleep. So he gave an order for the daily court record to be brought in and read to him.
Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king's presence,
During that night the king could not sleep, so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
On that night the king couldn't sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
The same night the King slept not, & he comanded to bring ye booke of the records, and the chronicles: & they were read before ye King.
During that night, sleep had fled from the king, so he said for them to bring the book of memoranda, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
That night, sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the book of records, the chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
That night the king could not sleep, and he had a servant read him the records of what had happened since he had been king.
That night, the king couldn't sleep; so he ordered the records of the daily journal brought, and they were read to the king.
On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
That same night, the king could not sleep. So he told a servant to bring the history book and read it to him. ( The Book of History of the Kings lists everything that happens during a king's rule.)
ON that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read be fore the king.
That same night the king could not get to sleep, so he had the official records of the empire brought and read to him.
During that night the king's sleep escaped him, and he gave orders to bring the scroll of records and chronicles, and they were read before the king.
On that night the king's sleep fled, and he said to bring in the Book of the Records of the Matter of the Days. And they were being read before the king.
The same night coulde not the kynge slepe, and he commaunded to brynge ye Chronicles and storyes: which wha they were red before ye kinge,
On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,
The same night coulde not the king sleepe, and he commaunded to bring the chronicles and stories: and they were read before the king.
On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
On that night could not the King sleepe, and hee commaunded to bring the booke of Records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
The kyng ledde that nyyt with out sleep, and he comaundide the stories and the bookis of yeeris `of formere tymes to be brouyt to hym. And whanne tho weren red in his presense,
On that night the king could not sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
In that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him.
During that night the king could not sleep. So he had the Book of the Chronicles brought to him, and they were read to the king.
On that night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king.
During that night, the sleep of the king fled, - and he commanded to bring in the book of remembrance, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,
On that night the king could not sleep; and he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,
That night the king couldn't sleep. He ordered the record book, the day-by-day journal of events, to be brought and read to him. They came across the story there about the time that Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh—the two royal eunuchs who guarded the entrance and who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
During that night the king could not sleep so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that night: Esther 5:8, Genesis 22:14, 1 Samuel 23:26, 1 Samuel 23:27, Isaiah 41:17, Romans 11:33
could not the king sleep: Heb. the king's sleep fled away, Daniel 2:1, Daniel 6:18
the book of records: As chronicles were composed among the Persians, a more instructive and interesting work could not be brought before the king; because they were all written in verse, and were generally the work of the most eminent poets of the empire. Esther 2:23, Malachi 3:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 40:1 - it came Genesis 40:5 - General Genesis 41:1 - that Pharaoh Ruth 2:3 - hap was 1 Samuel 26:12 - a deep sleep 1 Kings 14:19 - book Esther 2:22 - and Esther certified Esther 10:2 - in the book Psalms 77:4 - holdest Ecclesiastes 2:23 - his heart
Cross-References
And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
On that night could not the king sleep,.... The night after he had been at Esther's banquet, which it might be thought would rather have caused sleep; and therefore Jarchi calls it a miracle; and no doubt it was owing to the overruling providence of God, and not to anxious thoughts about his neglect of Esther so long, nor what should be her request to him, nor jealousy of any amorous intrigue with Haman, nor of any conspiracy of theirs against his life:
and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; the diaries or journal, in which memorable facts were recorded; this he did to divert himself, and pass away time; though here also the providence of God was specially concerned; for otherwise he might have sent for any of his wives and concubines, or singing men and women, to have diverted him:
and they were read before the king; until the morning, until it was time to rise, as appears by what follows.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VI
That night the king, not being able to sleep, orders the
chronicles of the kingdom to be read to him; and finds there
the record concerning the discovery of the treason of the two
eunuchs, made by Mordecai, 1, 2.
He inquires whether Mordecai had been rewarded, and was answered
in the negative, 3.
At this time Haman arrives, in order to request the king's
permission to hang Mordecai; and being suddenly asked what
should be done to the man whom the king delighted to honour,
supposing that himself must be meant, presented the ceremonial,
4-9.
The king orders him to give Mordecai those honours; which he
performs, to his extreme mortification, 10, 11.
He informs his wife Zeresh of these transactions, who predicts
his downfall, 12-13.
He is hurried by the eunuchs to the queen's banquet, 14.
NOTES ON CHAP. VI
Verse Esther 6:1. On that night could not the king sleep — The Targum says the king had a dream, which was as follows:-"And the king sat one in the similitude of a man who spoke these words to him: Haman desireth to slay thee, and to make himself king in thy stead. Behold, he will come unto thee early in the morning, to ask from thee the man who rescued thee from death, that he may slay him: but say thou unto Haman, What shall be done for the man whose honour the king studieth? And thou wilt find that he will ask nothing less from thee than the royal vestments, the regal crown, and the horse on which the king is wont to ride."
The records of the chronicles — It may be well asked, Why should the king, in such a perturbed state of mind, wish such a dry detail, as chronicles afford, to be read to him? But the truth is, as chronicles were composed among the Persians, he could not have brought before him any work more instructive, and more entertaining; because they were all written in verse, and were generally the work of the most eminent poets in the empire. They are written in this way to the present time; and the famous epic poem of the finest Persian poet, Ferdusi, the Homer of India, is nothing else than a collection of chronicles brought down from the creation to the reign of Mohammed Ghezny, in the beginning of the tenth century. After thirty years' labour, he finished this poem, which contained one hundred and twenty thousand lines, and presented it to the Sultan Mahmoud, who had promised to give him a dinar (eight shillings and sixpence) for every line. The poem was finished A.D. 984; and was formed out of compositions of a similar nature made by former poets. This chronological poem is written in all the harmony, strength, and elegance of the most beautiful and harmonious language in the universe; and what adds greatly to its worth is, that it has few Arabic words, with which the beautiful Persian tongue was loaded, and in my opinion corrupted, after the conquest of the major part of Asia by the Mohammedans. The pedants of Hindoostan, whether they speak or write, in prose or in verse, affect this commixture of Arabic words; which, though they subjugate them to Persian rules, are producing a ruggedness in a language, which in Ferdusi, flows deep and strong like a river of oil over every kind of channel. Such, I suppose, was the chronicle that was read to Ahasuerus, when his distractions prevented his sleep, and his troubled mind required that soothing repose which the gentle though powerful hand of poetry is alone, in such circumstances, capable of affording. Even our rough English ancestors had their poetic chronicles; and, among many, the chronicle of Robert of Gloucester is proof in point. I need not add, that all that is real in Ossian is of the same complexion.
