Treasury of Scripture
it please the king. Heb. it be good with the king.
Esther 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Esther 3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed...
Esther 8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king...
from him. Heb. from before him. it be not altered. Heb. it pass not away.
Esther 8:8 Write you also for the Jews, as it likes you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring...
Daniel 6:8-15,17 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians...
Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, 'The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not.'
another. Heb. her companion. that is better.
1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said to him, The LORD has rent the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours...
1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king...