Esther 4:11
shall come: Herodotus informs us, that ever since the reign of Deioces, king of Media, for the security of the king's person, it was enacted that no one should be admitted into his presence; but that if any one had business with him, he should transact it through the medium of his ministers. the inner court: Est 5:1 one law: Dan 2:9 the king shall: Est 5:2, Est 8:4 the golden sceptre: That the kings of Persia carried a golden sceptre, we have the following proof in Xenophon: Οτι ου τοδε το χρυσουν σκηπτρον το μην βασιλειαν διασωζον εστιν, αλλ οι πιστοι φιλοι σκηπτρον βασιλευσιν αληθεστατον και ασφαλεστατον. "It is not (said Cyrus to his son Cambyses) the golden sceptre that saves the kingdom; but faithful friends are the truest and best sceptre of the kingdom." but I: Est 1:19, Est 2:14, 1Pe 3:7 Reciprocal: Gen 18:30 - General 1Ch 21:13 - I am in Neh 2:20 - memorial Est 6:4 - the outward Job 31:34 - that I Mar 8:35 - will save