Esther 6:1
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That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,

that night.

Esther 5:8 If I have found favour in the king's sight, and if it please the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition: let the king and Aman come to the banquet which I have prepared them, and to morrow I will open my mind to the king.

Genesis 22:14 And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon, even to this day, it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see.

1 Samuel 23:26,27 And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about, to take them. . . .

Isaiah 41:17 The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

could not the king sleep.

Daniel 2:1 In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind.

Daniel 6:18 And the king went away to his house, and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him.

the book of records.

Esther 2:23 It was inquired into, and found out: and they were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the chronicles before the king.

Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the Lord, spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.

Context
Mordecai is Honored
1That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,2They came to that place where it was written, how Mardochai had discovered the treason of Bagathan and Thares the eunuchs, who sought to kill king Assuerus.…
Cross References
Esther 2:22
And Mardochai had notice of it, and immediately he told it to queen Esther: and she to the king in Mardochai's name, who had reported the thing unto her.

Esther 2:23
It was inquired into, and found out: and they were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the chronicles before the king.

Esther 10:2
And his strength and his empire, and the dignity and greatness wherewith he exalted Mardochai, are written in the books of the Medes, and of the Persians:

Daniel 2:1
In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind.

Daniel 6:18
And the king went away to his house, and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him.

Lexicon
That
הַה֔וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

night,
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (bal·lay·lāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity

sleep
שְׁנַ֣ת (šə·naṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8142: Sleep

escaped
נָדְדָ֖ה (nā·ḏə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away

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

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

the book
סֵ֤פֶר (sê·p̄er)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5612: A missive, document, writing, book

of records,
הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת֙ (haz·ziḵ·rō·nō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2146: Memorial, remembrance

the chronicles,
דִּבְרֵ֣י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

to be brought in
לְהָבִ֞יא (lə·hā·ḇî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and read
נִקְרָאִ֖ים (niq·rā·’îm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

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

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


Additional Translations
That night, sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the book of records, the chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.

On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

In that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,
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