If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
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Interpretation
Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation.
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This thought runs through Esther 1:18-22.
Glossary
- Ahasuerus Person
- There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1. ) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1 . This was probably the Cyaxares I.
- Media Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell Hagmatana.
- Persia Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell Hagmatana.