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Esther 1:19

Esther 1:19

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him,.... Not only a proclamation made, but a law enacted and published by royal authority:and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and Medes that it be not altered; for so it was, that when a law was made, and signed, and sealed, and registered among the laws of the kingdom, it remained unalterable, Da 6:8, this precaution Memucan took for his own safety; for had the king acted upon his advice, without passing it into a law in such form, he might change his mind, and recall Vashti, who would not fail of venting her wrath upon the counsellor, and so he be in danger of losing his life for it:that Vashti come no more before King Ahasuerus; but be entirely divorced, never to be received any more:and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she; or "to her companions" ; that was with her in the house of the women in the seraglio; one that was fairer, as the Targum, or of a better disposition than her; let her be made queen, and enjoy all the honour, and dignity, and marks of royalty Vashti did; her throne, her crown, and royal apparel, as it is interpreted in an ancient Jewish writing .

htwerl "sodali ejus", Montanus; "sociae ejus", Tigurine version, Drusius, Rambachius. Tikkune Zohar, correct. 21. fol. 59.

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