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Esther 2:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Esther 2:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 When Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the other women; of all the virgins she won his favor and devotion, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.(A) 18 Then the king gave a great banquet to all his officials and ministers: “Esther’s banquet.” He also granted a holiday[a] to the provinces and gave gifts with royal liberality.(B)
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- 2.18 Or an amnesty or a release from taxes
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