Bible Cross References
in all the provinces
Esther 1:1
From his royal throne in Persia's capital city of Susa, King Xerxes ruled 127 provinces, all the way from India to Ethiopia.
Esther 1:2
their things
Esther 2:12-14
12
The regular beauty treatment for the women lasted a year---massages with oil of myrrh for six months and with oil of balsam for six more. After that, each woman would be taken in turn to King Xerxes.
13
When she went from the harem to the palace, she could wear whatever she wanted.
14
She would go there in the evening, and the next morning she would be taken to another harem and put in the care of Shaashgaz, the eunuch in charge of the king's concubines. She would not go to the king again unless he liked her enough to ask for her by name.
Isaiah 3:18-23
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A day is coming when the Lord will take away from the women of Jerusalem everything they are so proud of---the ornaments they wear on their ankles, on their heads, on their necks,
19
and on their wrists. He will take away their veils
20
and their hats; the magic charms they wear on their arms and at their waists;
21
the rings they wear on their fingers and in their noses;
22
all their fine robes, gowns, cloaks, and purses;
23
their revealing garments, their linen handkerchiefs, and the scarves and long veils they wear on their heads.