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Esther 1:4
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He displayed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness for a total of 180 days.
when he shown the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days.
The banquet lasted one hundred eighty days. All during that time King Xerxes was showing off the great wealth of his kingdom and his own great riches and glory.
He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time—a hundred and eighty days, to be exact!
And he displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days in all.
At that time he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.
when he shown the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
That he might shewe the riches & glorie of his kingdome, and the honour of his great maiestie many dayes, euen an hundreth and foure score dayes.
while he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.
And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
He displayed the dazzling wealth of his kingdom and his great splendor for a long time, 180 days.
when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.
The party continued for 180 days. All during this time, King Xerxes was showing the great wealth of his kingdom and the majestic beauty and wealth of his palace.
Then he showed them the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and eighty days.
For six whole months he made a show of the riches of the imperial court with all its splendor and majesty.
as he displayed the wealth of the glory of his kingdom and the glorious splendor of his greatness for many days, one hundred and eighty days.
when he made known the riches of his glorious kingdom, and the honor of his excellent greatness many days, even a hundred and eighty days.
that he mighte shewe the noble riches of his kingdome, and the glorious worshippe of his greatnesse, many dayes longe, euen an hundreth and foure score dayes.
when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.
And for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his.
And he shewed the richesse and glorie of his kingdome, and the glorious worship of his greatnesse many dayes long, [euen] an hundred and fourescore dayes.
when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty, many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdome, and the honour of his excellent maiestie, many dayes, euen an hundred and fourescore dayes.
And after this, after he had shewn to them the wealth of his kingdom, and the abundant glory of his wealth during a hundred and eighty days,
when he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. t
to schewe the richessis of the glorie of his rewme, and the gretnesse, and boost of his power in myche tyme, that is, an hundrid and `foure scoor daies.
when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even 180 days.
When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, [even] a hundred and eighty days.
when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor of his excellent majesty for many days, one hundred and eighty days in all.
The celebration lasted 180 days—a tremendous display of the opulent wealth of his empire and the pomp and splendor of his majesty.
For 180 days he showed the great riches and honor and power that were his as king of the nation.
while he displayed the great wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and pomp of his majesty for many days, one hundred eighty days in all.
when he showed the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the splendour of his excellent majesty, many days, a hundred and eighty days;
That he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the greatness, and boasting of his power, for a long time, to wit, for a hundred and fourscore days.
while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his majesty for many days, a hundred and eighty days.
in his shewing the wealth of the honour of his kingdom, and the glory of the beauty of his greatness, many days -- eighty and a hundred days.
For six months he put on exhibit the huge wealth of his empire and its stunningly beautiful royal splendors. At the conclusion of the exhibit, the king threw a weeklong party for everyone living in Susa, the capital—important and unimportant alike. The party was in the garden courtyard of the king's summer house. The courtyard was elaborately decorated with white and blue cotton curtains tied with linen and purple cords to silver rings on marble columns. Silver and gold couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and colored stones. Drinks were served in gold chalices, each chalice one-of-a-kind. The royal wine flowed freely—a generous king!
And he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
When he: Isaiah 39:2, Ezekiel 28:5, Daniel 4:30
the riches: Psalms 76:1-4, Psalms 145:5, Psalms 145:12, Psalms 145:13, Daniel 2:37-44, Daniel 7:9-14, Matthew 4:8, Matthew 6:13, Romans 9:23, Ephesians 1:18, Colossians 1:27, Revelation 4:11
excellent: 1 Chronicles 29:11, 1 Chronicles 29:12, 1 Chronicles 29:25, Job 40:10, Psalms 21:5, Psalms 45:3, Psalms 93:1, Daniel 4:36, Daniel 5:18, 2 Peter 1:16, 2 Peter 1:17
Reciprocal: Esther 5:11 - the glory Acts 25:23 - with 1 Thessalonians 2:6 - of men
Cross-References
God named the dry ground "Land," and he named the water "Ocean." God looked at what he had done and saw that it was good.
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
to rule day and night, and to separate light from darkness. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
God made every one of them. Then he looked at what he had done, and it was good.
God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning—that was the sixth day.
And I discovered that wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.
Nothing on earth is more beautiful than the morning sun.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom,.... Xerxes was the fourth king of the Persian monarchy, and was "far richer than all" that went before him, all their riches coming into his hands,
Daniel 11:2, and now that prophecy began to be fulfilled, "that by his strength, through his riches, he should stir up all against the realm of Grecia"; which he began to do in the third year of his reign, and for which these his nobles might be called together, as to have their advice, so to animate them to come in the more readily into the expedition, by showing them the riches he was possessed of; for to none of the kings of Persia does this largeness of riches better belong than to Xerxes:
and the honour of his excellent majesty; the grandeur he lived in, the pomp and splendour of his court; he was the most grand and magnificent of all the kings of the Medes and Persians i:
and this he did many days, even an hundred and fourscore days; to which seven more being added, as in the following verse, it made one hundred and eighty seven, the space of full six months; though some think the feast did not last so long, only seven days, and that the one hundred and eighty days were spent in preparing for it; but the Persian feasts were very long, large, and sumptuous. Dr. Frye k says, this custom of keeping an annual feast one hundred and eighty days still continues in Persia. Cheus l, a Chinese emperor, used frequently to make a feast which lasted one hundred and twenty days; though it cannot be well thought that the same individual persons here were feasted so long, but, when one company was sufficiently treated, they removed and made way for another; and so it continued successively such a number of days as here related, which was six months, or half a year; a year then in use consisting of three hundred and sixty days, as was common with the Jews, and other nations, and so the Persians m.
i Pausan. Laconica, sive, l. 3. p. 165. k Travels, p. 348. apud Patrick in loc. l In Martin. Sinic. Hist. l. 3. p. 78. m Prideaux's Connect. par. 1. p. 197.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Esther 1:4. The riches of his glorious kingdom — Luxury was the characteristic of the Eastern monarchs, and particularly of the Persians. In their feasts, which were superb and of long continuance, they made a general exhibition of their wealth, grandeur, c., and received the highest encomiums from their poets and flatterers. Their ostentation on such occasions passed into a proverb: hence Horace: -
Persicos odi, puer, apparatus:
Displicent nexae philyra coronae
Mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum
Sera moretur.
I tell thee, boy, that I detest
The grandeur of a Persian feast;
Nor for me the linden's rind
Shall the flowery chaplet bind.
Then search not where the curious rose
Beyond his season loitering grows.
FRANCIS.
