Znaleziono 2296 Wyniki dla: King Ahab
If it pleases the king, therefore, let an irrevocable royal decree be issued and included among the laws of Persia and Media, that Vashti is never again to come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and that the king is authorized to give her royal position to someone else more worthy than she. (Esther 1, 19)
When this decree of the king is proclaimed throughout his vast kingdom, all wives will honor their husbands, from the least to the greatest." (Esther 1, 20)
This proposal pleased the king and his officials; so the king acted on Memucan's advice. (Esther 1, 21)
Later when his anger had cooled, King Ahasuerus remembered Vashti's disobedience and his decree against her. (Esther 2, 1)
The king's courtiers proposed, "Let beautiful young girls be chosen for the king. (Esther 2, 2)
Then let the girl who pleases the king take Vashti's place." The king was pleased with the suggestion and he acted on it. (Esther 2, 4)
who had been exiled from Jerusalem among the captives taken away with King Jeconiah of Judah by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. (Esther 2, 6)
In compliance with the king's edict, a great number of young girls were brought to Susa and entrusted to Hegai. Esther was among them. (Esther 2, 8)
Esther pleased the custodian of women and won his favor. He not only promptly provided her with cosmetics and good food but assigned to her seven special maids from the king's household and transferred her and her maids into the best place in the harem. (Esther 2, 9)
After a preparation of twelve months decreed for the women, each of them had to appear in turn before King Ahasuerus. This preparatory period was for beautifying treatment: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics. (Esther 2, 12)
Then when the girl was to present herself to the king, she was allowed to take with her from the harem to the king's palace anything she wanted. (Esther 2, 13)
She would go there in the evening and return the following morning to another harem under the care of the royal eunuch Shaashgaz, custodian of the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name. (Esther 2, 14)
