On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 1 Ahasuerus, reading in the chronicles of the good service done by Mordecai, takes care for his reward.
4 Haman, coming to sue that Mordecai might be hanged, gives counsel that he might do him honour.
12 Complaining of this, his friends tell him of his final destiny.
that night. 5:8 Ge 22:14 1Sa 23:26,27 Isa 41:17 Ro 11:33
could not the king sleep. Heb. the king's sleep fled away. Da 2:1 6:18
the book of records. As chronicles were composed among the Persians, a more instructive and interesting work could not be brought before the king; because they were all written in verse, and were generally the work of the most eminent poets of the empire.
2:23 Mal 3:16

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