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Esther 2:1

AhasuerusVashti
Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

2 Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,

3 and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.

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BSB
Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
KJV
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
WEB
After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
ASV
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
DARBY
After these things, when the fury of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
BLB
After these things, at the subsiding of the rage of King Ahasuerus, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her,
ÅB
Da en tid var gått, og kongens vrede hadde lagt seg, kom han igjen til å tenke på Vasti og det hun hadde gjort, og det som var besluttet om henne.
OTB
Etter disse hendelsene, da kong Xerxes' vrede hadde lagt seg, husket han Vashti og hva hun hadde gjort, og hva som var blitt bestemt mot henne.
B1930
Da nogen tid var gått, og kongens vrede hadde lagt sig, kom han atter til å tenke på Vasti og det hun hadde gjort, og det som var besluttet om henne.

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Cross references

  • Esther 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

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  • Daniel 6:14–18

    As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.

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  • Esther 1:12–21

    Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.

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