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Song Preview for Esther 1
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Lyrics
1 Now it came
to pass in the days of Ahasuerus,
(this is Ahasuerus which reigned,
from India even unto Ethiopia,
over an hundred and seven and
twenty provinces:)
2 That in those days, when the
king Ahasuerus sat on the throne
of his kingdom, which was in
Shushan the palace,
3 In the third year of his reign,
he made a feast unto all his
princes and his servants; the
power of Persia and Media, the
nobles and princes of the
provinces, being before him:
4 When he shewed the riches of his
glorious kingdom and the honour of
his excellent majesty many days,
even an hundred and fourscore
days.
5 And when these days were
expired, the king made a feast
unto all the people that were
present in Shushan the palace,
both unto great and small, seven
days, in the court of the garden
of the king's palace;
6 Where were white, green, and
blue, hangings, fastened with
cords of fine linen and purple to
silver rings and pillars of
marble: the beds were of gold and
silver, upon a pavement of red,
and blue, and white, and black,
marble.
7 And they gave them drink in
vessels of gold, (the vessels
being diverse one from another,)
and royal wine in abundance,
according to the state of the
king.
8 And the drinking was according
to the law; none did compel: for
so the king had appointed to all
the officers of his house, that
they should do according to every
man's pleasure.
9 Also Vashti the queen made a
feast for the women in the royal
house which belonged to king
Ahasuerus.
10 On the seventh day, when the
heart of the king was merry with
wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha,
Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha,
Zethar, and Carcas, the seven
chamberlains that served in the
presence of Ahasuerus the king,
11 To bring Vashti the queen
before the king with the crown
royal, to shew the people and the
princes her beauty: for she was
fair to look on.
12 But the queen Vashti refused to
come at the king's commandment by
his chamberlains: therefore was
the king very wroth, and his anger
burned in him.
13 Then the king said to the wise
men, which knew the times, (for so
was the king's manner toward all
that knew law and judgment:
14 And the next unto him was
Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and
Memucan, the seven princes of
Persia and Media, which saw the
king's face, and which sat the
first in the kingdom;)
15 What shall we do unto the queen
Vashti according to law, because
she hath not performed the
commandment of the king Ahasuerus
by the chamberlains?
16 And Memucan answered before the
king and the princes, Vashti the
queen hath not done wrong to the
king only, but also to all the
princes, and to all the people
that are in all the provinces of
the king Ahasuerus.
17 For this deed of the queen
shall come abroad unto all women,
so that they shall despise their
husbands in their eyes, when it
shall be reported, The king
Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the
queen to be brought in before him,
but she came not.
18 Likewise shall the ladies of
Persia and Media say this day unto
all the king's princes, which have
heard of the deed of the queen.
Thus shall there arise too much
contempt and wrath.
19 If it please the king, let
there go a royal commandment from
him, and let it be written among
the laws of the Persians and the
Medes, that it be not altered,
That Vashti come no more before
king Ahasuerus; and let the king
give her royal estate unto another
that is better than she.
20 And when the king's decree
which he shall make shall be
published throughout all his
empire, (for it is great,) all the
wives shall give to their husbands
honour, both to great and small.
21 And the saying pleased the king
and the princes; and the king did
according to the word of Memucan:
22 For he sent letters into all
the king's provinces, into every
province according to the writing
thereof, and to every people after
their language, that every man
should bear rule in his own house,
and that it should be published
according to the language of every
people.
Track Comments
Esther
1 was composed in 2008.
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