Esther 1:21

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

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And the saying pleased the king and the princes. And the king did according to the word of Memucan;
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Esther 1:19 ; Esther 2:4 ; Genesis 41:37

²¹ And the saying pleasede the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Related Commentaries of Esther 1:21

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 1:21