Esther 1:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

Esther 1:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:15-16
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! …
Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
Jeremiah 35:8
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
John 2:8
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

Topics

Abstemiousness Abstinence, Total Appetite Banquet Convocation Dinner Drink Eating

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Which of the kings of Persia this Ahasuerus was the learned are not agreed. Mordecai is said to have been one of those that were carried captive from Jerusalem (Est. 2:5, 6), whence it should seem that this Ahasuerus was one of the first kings of that empire. Dr. Lightfoot thinks that he was that Artaxerxes who hindered the building of the temple, who is called also Ahasuerus (Ezra 4:6, 7), after…