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Esther 2:1

King James Version (KJV)

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Translations

Esther 2:1 - Amplified Bible

AFTER THESE things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he [earnestly] remembered Vashti and what she had done and what was decreed against her.

Esther 2:1 - American Standard Version

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Esther 2:1 - Bible in Basic English

After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

Esther 2:1 - Darby Bible

After these things, when the fury of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Esther 2:1 - English Standard Version

After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.

Esther 2:1 - King James Version

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Esther 2:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

Después de estas cosas, cuando el furor del rey Asuero se habìa aplacado, él se acordò de Vasti, de lo que ella habìa hecho y de lo que se habìa decretado contra ella.

Esther 2:1 - The Message

Later, when King Xerxes’ anger had cooled and he was having second thoughts about what Vashti had done and what he had ordered against her, the king’s young attendants stepped in and got the ball rolling: "Let’s begin a search for beautiful young virgins for the king. Let the king appoint officials in every province of his kingdom to bring every beautiful young virgin to the palace complex of Susa and to the harem run by Hegai, the king’s eunuch who oversees the women; he will put them through their beauty treatments. Then let the girl who best pleases the king be made queen in place of Vashti."    The king liked this advice and took it.


Esther 2:1 - New American Standard Bible

After these things when the anger of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.

Esther 2:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Después de estas cosas, cuando el furor del rey Asuero se habìa aplacado, él se acordò de Vasti, de lo que ella habìa hecho y de lo que se habìa decretado contra ella.

Esther 2:1 - World English Bible

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Esther 2:1 - Young's Living Translation

After these things, at the ceasing of the fury of the king Ahasuerus, he hath remembered Vashti, and that which she did, and that which hath been decreed concerning her;

Esther 2:1 - Additional Comments

The disastrous battles of Thermopyle and Salamis (see notes on verse 1) took place between chapters 1 and 2. This was a period of 3-4 years.

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