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Esther 1:17-18

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1:17 For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, ‘When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.’ 1:18 And this very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter concerning the queen will respond in the same way to all the royal officials, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger!

Esther 2:23

Context
2:23 The king then had the matter investigated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators 1  hanged on a gallows. 2  It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king’s presence.

1 tn Heb “they both were hanged.” The referent (the two eunuchs who conspired against the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Or “on a pole”; KJV, ASV “on a tree.”



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