Esther 1:13
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Asked the wise men, who according to the custom of the kings, were always near his person, and all he did was by their counsel, who knew the laws, and judgments of their forefathers:

the wise.

Jeremiah 10:7 Who shall not fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.

Daniel 2:2,12,27 Then the king commanded to call together the diviners and the wise men, and the magicians, and the Chaldeans: to declare to the king his dreams: so they came and stood before the king. . . .

Daniel 4:6,7 Baltassar, prince of the diviners, because I know that thou hast in thee the spirit of the holy gods, and that no secret is impossible to thee, tell me the visions of my dreams that I have seen, and the interpretation of them? . . .

Daniel 5:7 And the king cried out aloud to bring in the wise men, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon: Whosoever shall read this writing, and shall make known to me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and shall have a golden chain on his neck, and shall be the third man in my kingdom.

Matthew 2:1 When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem,

knew.

1 Chronicles 12:32 Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel.

Matthew 16:3 And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?

Context
Queen Vashti Deposed
13Asked the wise men, who according to the custom of the kings, were always near his person, and all he did was by their counsel, who knew the laws, and judgments of their forefathers:14(Now the chief and nearest him were, Charsena, and Sethar, and Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamuchan, seven princes of the Persians and of the Medes, who saw the face of the king, and were used to sit first after him:)…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:32
Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel.

Esther 1:12
But she refused, and would not come at the king's commandment, which he had signified to her by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being angry, and inflamed with a very great fury,

Jeremiah 10:7
Who shall not fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.

Daniel 2:2
Then the king commanded to call together the diviners and the wise men, and the magicians, and the Chaldeans: to declare to the king his dreams: so they came and stood before the king.

Lexicon
Then the king
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

consulted
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the wise men
לַחֲכָמִ֖ים (la·ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise

who knew
יֹדְעֵ֣י (yō·ḏə·‘ê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

the times,
הָֽעִתִּ֑ים (hā·‘it·tîm)
Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when

for it was
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

customary
כֵן֙ (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

for him
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

to confer
דְּבַ֣ר (də·ḇar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

with
לִפְנֵ֕י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the experts
יֹדְעֵ֖י (yō·ḏə·‘ê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

in law
דָּ֥ת (dāṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1881: A royal edict, statute

and justice.
וָדִֽין׃ (wā·ḏîn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1779: Judgement, strife


Additional Translations
Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

And he said to his friends, Thus hast Astin spoken: pronounce therefore upon this case law and judgment.

And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business [conducted] before all that knew law and judgment;

Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner towards all that knew law and judgment:

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times -- for so is the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,
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