Esther 6:1
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Note Or the Book of Memorials, the Annals or the Book of Records of Historical Events
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.
Note could…: Heb. the king’s sleep fled away
On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- that night
- Esther 5:8; Genesis 22:14; 1 Samuel 23:26, 27; Isaiah 41:17; Romans 11:33
- could not the king sleep
- Heb. the king's sleep fled away.
- Daniel 2:1; Daniel 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.
- Esther 2:23; Malachi 3:16