Additions to Esther 2:18

18 Then the king gave a week-long banquet for all his advisers and administrators to celebrate his marriage to Esther. He also granted a reduction of taxes for the whole empire.

Additions to Esther 2:18 In-Context

16 So in Xerxes' seventh year as king, in the twelfth month, the month of Adar, she was brought to the king.

17 He fell in love with Esther, who pleased him more than any of the others, and he placed the queen's crown on her head.

18 Then the king gave a week-long banquet for all his advisers and administrators to celebrate his marriage to Esther. He also granted a reduction of taxes for the whole empire.

19 Meanwhile Mordecai had been appointed to a high administrative position.

20 As for Esther, she had still not let it be known that she was Jewish. Mordecai had told her not to tell anyone, and she obeyed him in this, just as she had obeyed him when she was a little girl under his care. She continued to worship God and carry out God's commands, without abandoning her Jewish ways.