Esther 1:6
Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Note blue, hangings: or, violet, etc
Note of red…: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour
There were hangings of white and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
There were hangings of white cloth, of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- white
- Exodus 26:1, 31, 32, 36, 37
- blue
- or, violet.
- Esther 8:15
- the beds
- These were couches, covered with gold and silver cloth, on which the guests reclined; for the Orientals do not sit, but recline at their meals.
- Esther 7:8; Ezekiel 23:41; Amos 2:8; Amos 6:4