Vashti: Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 23:29-33; Mark 6:21-22
fair to look on: Heb. good of countenance, 1 Samuel 25:3; 2 Samuel 14:25; Proverbs 31:30
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Esther 1:11
Esther 1:11
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