{"product_id":"2940148923367","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 19: Esther","description":"THE BOOK OF ESTHER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Book takes its name from queen Esther, whose history is here\u003cbr\u003erecorded. The general opinion of almost all commentators on the Holy\u003cbr\u003eScriptures makes Mardochai the writer of it: which also may be collected\u003cbr\u003ebelow from chap. 9 ver. 20.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsther Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing Assuerus maketh a great feast. Queen Vasthi being sent for refuseth\u003cbr\u003eto come: for which disobedience she is deposed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a\u003cbr\u003ehundred and twenty seven provinces:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the\u003cbr\u003ecapital of his kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. Now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all\u003cbr\u003ethe princes, and for his servants, for the most mighty of the Persians,\u003cbr\u003eand the nobles of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces in his\u003cbr\u003esight,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. That he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the\u003cbr\u003egreatness, and boasting of his power, for a long time, to wit, for a\u003cbr\u003ehundred and fourscore days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. And when the days of the feast were expired, he invited all the\u003cbr\u003epeople that were found in Susan, from the greatest to the least: and\u003cbr\u003ecommanded a feast to be made seven days in the court of the garden, and\u003cbr\u003eof the wood, which was planted by the care and the hand of the king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. And there were hung up on every side sky coloured, and green, and\u003cbr\u003eviolet hangings, fastened with cords of silk, and of purple, which were\u003cbr\u003eput into rings of ivory, and were held up with marble pillars. The beds\u003cbr\u003ealso were of gold and silver, placed in order upon a floor paved with\u003cbr\u003eporphyry and white marble: which was embellished with painting of\u003cbr\u003ewonderful variety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats\u003cbr\u003ewere brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance\u003cbr\u003eand of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's magnificence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not\u003cbr\u003ewilling, but as the king had appointed, who set over every table one of\u003cbr\u003ehis nobles, that every man might take what he would.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace,\u003cbr\u003ewhere king Assuerus was used to dwell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. Now on the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very\u003cbr\u003emuch drinking was well warmed with wine, he commanded Mauman, and\u003cbr\u003eBazatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and Zethar, and Charcas,\u003cbr\u003ethe seven eunuchs that served in his presence,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. To bring in queen Vasthi before the king, with the crown set upon\u003cbr\u003eher head, to shew her beauty to all the people and the princes: for she\u003cbr\u003ewas exceeding beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. But she refused, and would not come at the king's commandment,\u003cbr\u003ewhich he had signified to her by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being\u003cbr\u003eangry, and inflamed with a very great fury,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. Asked the wise men, who according to the custom of the kings, were\u003cbr\u003ealways near his person, and all he did was by their counsel, who knew\u003cbr\u003ethe laws, and judgments of their forefathers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. (Now the chief and nearest him were, Charsena, and Sethar, and\u003cbr\u003eAdmatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamuchan, seven\u003cbr\u003eprinces of the Persians and of the Medes, who saw the face of the king,\u003cbr\u003eand were used to sit first after him:)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. What sentence ought to pass upon Vasthi the queen, who had refused\u003cbr\u003eto obey the commandment of king Assuerus, which he had sent to her by\u003cbr\u003ethe eunuchs?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:16. And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of the king and the princes:\u003cbr\u003eQueen Vasthi hath not only injured the king, but also all the people and\u003cbr\u003eprinces that are in all the provinces of king Assuerus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:17. For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that\u003cbr\u003ethey will despise their husbands, and will say: King Assuerus commanded\u003cbr\u003ethat queen Vasthi should come in to him, and she would not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:18. And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians\u003cbr\u003eand the Medes will slight the commandments of their husbands: wherefore\u003cbr\u003ethe king's indignation is just.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:19. If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let\u003cbr\u003eit be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes,\u003cbr\u003ewhich must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but\u003cbr\u003eanother, that is better than her, be made queen in her place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:20. And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire,\u003cbr\u003e(which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of\u003cbr\u003ethe lesser, give honour to their husbands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:21. His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did\u003cbr\u003eaccording to the counsel of Mamuchan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:22. And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom,","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111678623984,"sku":"2940148923367","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148923367_p0.jpg?v=1763709760","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148923367","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}