Esther 1:10 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁰ On the seventh day, when merry was the heart of the king with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who were waiting before King Ahasuerus,––

³⁴ And he sent portions, from before him, unto them, and the portion of Benjamin exceeded the portions of them all, five–fold. And they drank and made merry with him.

²⁵ And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. So they called for Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them, and they stationed him between the pillars.

³⁶ And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply,––so she told him nothing––less or more, until the light of the morning. ³⁷ And it came to pass, in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, and his wife told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.

²⁸ Now Absolom had commanded his young men, saying––Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you––Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear,––have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.

⁹ Then said Harbonah––one of the eunuchs before the king––Yea lo! the gallows that Haman made ready for Mordecai, who had spoken well for the king, is standing in Haman’s house, of a height of fifty cubits. Then said the king, Hang him thereon.

¹ Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise.

² Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men,––and, the living, should take it to his heart. ³ Better is grief than laughter,––for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart. ⁴ The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth.

¹⁹ Merrily people make bread, and, wine, gladdeneth life,––but, money, answereth all things.

³ Then did the king give word to Ashpenaz, the chief of his eunuchs,––that he should bring in, of the sons of Israel, even of the seed royal, and of the nobles, ⁴ youths in whom was no blemish, but comely of countenance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessed of knowledge, and able to impart instruction, and who had vigour in them, to stand in the palace of the king,––and that they should be taught the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. ⁵ And the king appointed them the provision of each day upon its day, out of the delicacies of the king and out of the wine which he drank, and so to let them grow three years,––and, at the end thereof, that they should stand before the king.

¹⁸ Now, at the end of the days after which the king had given word to bring them in, then did the ruler of the eunuchs bring them in, before Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁹ So then the king, spake with them, and there was not found, from among them all, one like unto Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,––therefore stood they before the king;

¹⁸ And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; –– ¹⁹ Speaking to yourselves, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing, and striking the strings, with your heart unto the Lord;