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Esther 1:12

Esther 1:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the queen: This refusal of Vashti's, to expose herself to the view of such a group of drunken Bacchanalians, was highly praiseworthy, and became the dignity of her rank and the modesty of her sex.

refused: ; , ;

by his chamberlains: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs

was the king: , ; , , ; ;

burned: , ; ; ,

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