Esther 2:18 “Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his offi…”

Esther 2:18

Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

World English Bible

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

American Standard Version

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the King made a great feast vnto all his princes, and his seruants, which was the feast of Ester, and gaue rest vnto the prouinces, and gaue gifts, according to the power of a King.

Darby Translation

And the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave presents according to the king's bounty.

Young's Literal Translation

and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants — the banquet of Esther — and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.

Bible in Basic English

Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.

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Cross references

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Esther 1:3–5 Genesis 29:22 Judges 14:10–17 Song of Solomon 3:11 Matthew 22:2 Luke 14:8

Esther 1:3–5 · BSB

In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

Genesis 29:22 · BSB

So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.

Judges 14:10–17 · BSB

Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.

Song of Solomon 3:11 · BSB

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

Matthew 22:2 · BSB

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

Luke 14:8 · BSB

“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

“gave gifts”

Esther 9:22 1 Samuel 25:8 Nehemiah 8:11 Revelation 11:10

Esther 9:22 · BSB

as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts…

1 Samuel 25:8 · BSB

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”

Nehemiah 8:11 · BSB

And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”

Revelation 11:10 · BSB

And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

Also

Esther 1:7

Esther 1:7 · BSB

Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

19When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

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