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Esther 1:13

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Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

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Esther 1:13 in other translations

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

Esther 1:13 · World English Bible

Esther 1:13 in context

  1. 11to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.
  2. 12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
  3. 13Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment;
  4. 14and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),
  5. 15What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?