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Esther 5:1
New King James Version
Esther 5:1
New King James Version
Esther’s Banquet
5 Now it happened (A)on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in (B)the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the [a]house.
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- Esther 5:1 LXX adds many extra details in vv. 1, 2
Esther 6:4
New King James Version
Esther 6:4
New King James Version
4 So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered (A)the outer court of the king’s palace (B)to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
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