Bible Cross References
A. M. 3543. B.C. 461. he remembered
Daniel 6:14-18
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Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased with himself, and he set his heart on Daniel, to deliver him. And he labored until the going down of the sun to deliver him.
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Then these men met before the king and said to the king, O king, know that the law of the Medes and Persians is that no decree or law which the king establishes may be changed.
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And the king commanded. And they brought Daniel, and they threw him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually will deliver you.
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And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den. And the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his nobles, that the matter concerning Daniel might not be changed.
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Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
what was decreed
Esther 1:12-21
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But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command brought by his officials; therefore the king was furious, and his rage burned within him.
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Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times (for this was the king's manner toward all who knew law and judgment,
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those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence, and who sat first in the kingdom):
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What shall we do to Queen Vashti, according to law, because she has not observed the command of King Ahasuerus brought to her by the officials?
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And Memucan answered before the king and the rulers: Queen Vashti has not only wronged the king, but also all the rulers, and all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
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For the queen's behavior will become known to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when they report, King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought in before him, but she did not come.
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And this day the noble ladies of Persia and Media will say the same to all the king's officials, when they have heard of the behavior of the queen. Thus there will be more than enough contempt and wrath.
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If it please the king, let a royal decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media, so that it shall not become obsolete, that Vashti shall come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal power to another woman who is better than she.
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And when the king's decree which he will make is proclaimed throughout all his empire (for it is great), all wives will honor their husbands, both great and small.
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And the words pleased the king and the rulers, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.