* it please the king. Heb. it be good with the king.
# 21; 3:9; 8:5|
* from him. Heb. from before him. it be not altered. Heb. it
pass not away.
# 8:8; Da 6:8-15,17|
Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a
part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to
have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of
their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never
be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The
laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."
* another. Heb. her companion. that is better.
# 1Sa 15:28; 1Ki 3:28|
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