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Esther 1:4

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:

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.

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BSB
And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
KJV
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
WEB
He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
ASV
when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.
DARBY
when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.
BLB
in his showing the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the splendor of the beauty of his greatness many days—eighty and a hundred days.
ÅB
I mange dager - hundre og åtti dager - viste han dem sin kongelige herlighet og rikdom og sin storhets glans og prakt.
OTB
Han viste fram rikdommen i sitt herlige kongerike og prakten av sin majestet i mange dager, 180 dager i alt.
B1930
I mange dager - hundre og åtti dager - viste han dem sin kongelige herlighet og rikdom og sin storhets glans og prakt.

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  • Job 40:10

    Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

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  • Colossians 1:27

    To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:25

    And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

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  • Psalms 93:1

    The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

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  • Isaiah 39:2

    And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

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  • Matthew 4:8

    Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

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  • Psalms 145:12–13

    To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

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