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Esther 1:19

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it please the king: Heb. it be good with the king, Esther 1:21, Esther 3:9, Esther 8:5

from him: Heb. from before him

it be not altered: Heb. it pass not away, Esther 8:8; Daniel 6:8-15, Daniel 6:17; Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."

another: Heb. her companion

that is better: 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Kings 3:28

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