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Esther 1:11 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Esther 1:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Esther chapter 1 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. fair: Heb. good of countenance”
Esther 1:11 (KJV)
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Commentary on Esther 1:11
The demand: 'To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on'. Ahasuerus, drunk after seven days of feasting, commands his seven eunuchs to bring Queen Vashti wearing her crown to display her beauty before male guests. The phrase 'with the crown royal' possibly means 'wearing only the crown,' suggesting degrading demand to appear essentially nude before drunken men. Whether literal nudity or simply being paraded as trophy wife, the demand violated Vashti's dignity and Persian propriety. This sets up cris...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Esther 1:11
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“and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh”
“that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles”
“but Yahweh directs his steps.”
“But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.”
“and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.”
“and the horse that the king rides on”
“and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head”
“Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?”