Esther 1:14

Translations

Modern

His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.

Traditional

And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)

Literal

…and those near to him—Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, seven officials of Persia and Media, those seeing the face of the king, those sitting first in the kingdom—

Latin

…(erant autem primi et proximi, Charsena, et Sethar, et Admatha, et Tharsis, et Mares, et Marsana, et Mamuchan, septem duces Persarum, atque Medorum, qui videbant faciem regis, et primi post eum residere soliti erant):

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English

His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Xerxes I Ancient Law Codes

Related verses

2 Kings 25:19
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
Ezra 7:14
You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.
Matthew 18:10
See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
Revelation 22:4
They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

People

Admatha: One of the seven princes of Persia and Media Carshena: Prince in King Ahasuerus' court Marsena: One of the seven princes of Persia and Media Memucan: One of the seven princes of Persia and Media Meres: One of the seven princes of Persia and Media Shethar: Persian noble in King Ahasuerus's court Tarshish: One of the seven princes of Persia and Media

Places

Media: An ancient kingdom; part of the Persian Empire Persia: An empire that ruled over the exiled Jews

Glossary

Admatha Book of Esther Carshena Chamberlain Marsena Memucan Meres Shethar Tarshish (Person) Vashti

Topics

Admatha: A Persian Prince Babylon: Empire of a Limited Monarchy Carshena: A Persian Prince Chamberlain: An officer of a King Divorce: Disobedience of the Wife to the Husband, a Sufficient Cause For, in the Persian Empire Family: Infelicity in Ahasuerus, on Account of Vashti's Refusing to Appear Before his Drunken Courtiers Family: Persian, Domestic Customs Husband: Unreasonable and Oppressive: Ahasuerus Memucan: One of the Seven Princes of Ahasuerus Who Counsels the King to Divorce Queen Vashti Meres: One of the Princes of Persia Persia: Princes of Persia: Vashti Was Divorced for Refusing to Appear Before the King's Courtiers Queen: Divorced Seven: Miscellany of Sevens: Seven Princes Shethar: A Prince of Persia Tarshish: A Persian Prince Vashti: Put Away (Divorced) for Refusing to Exhibit Herself at a Royal Banquet Wife: Incorruptible, Vashti Women: Social Status of in Persia

Esther 1:14

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