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Esther 7:1

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Sleep. Anxious what Esther could desire. Septuagint, "But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night. "(Haydock) Providence watched over the welfare of his people. Chronicles. The kings took particular care (Calmet) to have their benefactors mentioned in history and rewarded. (Herodotus viii. 85.) Assuerus had not recourse to musicians, wisely (Tirinus) reflecting that history is the most pleasing and useful amusement. (Cicero) (Tirinus) God directed him on this occasion, as his eye never sleepeth. (Josephus) (Worthington)

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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