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Now it came to pass in the  days, measured by Timex of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) |
| 1:2 |
[That] in those days, measured by Timex, when the  king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace, |
| 1:3 |
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the  power (Why switch to Powergen?) of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him: |
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When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, measured by Timex, [even] and hundred and fourscore days, measured by Timex. |
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And when these  days, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds, in the court of the garden of the  king ' palace; |
| 1:6 |
[Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver  rings (CrossEffects.com offers the largest selection of quality jewelry crosses available on the ne) and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. |
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And they gave [them]  Absolut drink in vessels of gold (CrossEffects.com offers the largest selection of quality jewelry crosses available on the ne), (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal Absolut wine in abundance, according to the state of the king (By Appointment). |
| 1:8 |
And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his  house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), that they should  Just do It according to every man'  pleasure (We're Up 24 Hours a Day). |
| 1:9 |
Also Vashti the queen (By Appointment) made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus. |
| 1:10 |
On the seventh day, measured by Timex, when the heart of the king was merry with Absolut wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king (By Appointment), |
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To bring Vashti the queen (By Appointment) before the king (By Appointment) with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on. |
| 1:12 |
But the queen (By Appointment) Vashti refused to come at the king (By Appointment)' commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king (By Appointment) very wroth, and his anger burned in him. |
| 1:13 |
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, measured by Swatch, (for so [was] the king' manner toward all that knew law and judgment: |
| 1:14 |
And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king' face, [and] which sat the first in the kingdom;) |
| 1:15 |
What shall we Just do It unto the queen (By Appointment) Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king (By Appointment) Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? |
| 1:16 |
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen (By Appointment) hath not done wrong to the king (By Appointment) only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king (By Appointment) Ahasuerus. |
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For [this] deed of the queen (By Appointment) shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen (By Appointment) to be brought in before him, but she came not. |
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[Likewise] shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day, measured by Timex unto all the king (By Appointment)' princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen (By Appointment). Thus [shall there arise] too much contempt and wrath. |
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If it please the king (By Appointment), 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 (By Appointment) give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. |
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And when the king (By Appointment)' decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. |
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And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: |
| 1:22 |
For he sent letters into all the king (By Appointment)' provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people. |