Treasury of Scripture
of the king. Chal. from before the king. seven counsellors (Seven princes of Persia having conspired against and slain the usurper Smerdis, and thus made way for the family of Darius, which afterwards filled the throne, the Persian kings of this race had always seven chief princes as their counsellors, who possessed peculiar privileges, were his chief assistants in the government, and by whose advice all the public affairs of the empire were transacted. The names of these counsellors are given in the parallel place of the book of Esther.)
Esther 1:14 And the next to him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan...
according
Ezra 7:25,26 And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God, that is in your hand, set magistrates and judges...
Deuteronomy 17:18,19 And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom...
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
thy God
Ezra 1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah...
Ezra 5:8 Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones...
Ezra 6:12 And the God that has caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people...
Daniel 2:47 The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets...
Daniel 6:20,26 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel: and the king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel...