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Esther 5:1-3
Common English Bible
Esther 5:1-3
Common English Bible
Esther acts
5 Three days later, Esther put on royal clothes and stood in the inner courtyard of the palace, facing the palace itself. At that moment the king was inside sitting on his royal throne and facing the palace doorway. 2 When the king noticed Queen Esther standing in the entry court, he was pleased. The king held out to Esther the gold scepter in his hand, and she came forward and touched the scepter’s tip.
3 Then the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What do you want? I’ll give you anything—even half the kingdom.”
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