◄ Esther 1:21 ►
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Good News Translation
The king and his officials liked this idea, and the king did what Memucan suggested.

New Revised Standard Version
This advice pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed;

Contemporary English Version
King Xerxes and his officials liked what Memucan had said,

New American Bible
This proposal pleased the king and the officials, and the king acted on the advice of Memucan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

pleased the king.

Esther 1:19 If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place.

Esther 2:4 And whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested.

Genesis 41:37 The counsel pleased Pharao, and all his servants.

Context
Queen Vashti Deposed
…20And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands. 21His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.22And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people.…
Cross References
Esther 1:20
And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands.

Esther 1:22
And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people.

Esther 1:20
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