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Esther 2:1

AhasuerusVashti
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.

2 Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

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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 that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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  • Daniel 6:14–18

    Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

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  • Esther 1:12–21

    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.

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