 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.  Select British divines, ed. by C. Bradley - Page 460edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight : and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight : and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand, as a sign of his favour, and to invite her afifiroac/i. So Esther drew near and touched the top of... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 540 pages
...objects makes them, many times, the more acceptable. The beautiful countenance, the graceful demeanour, and goodly presence of Esther, have no sooner taken...satiety had abated of the height of her welcome ; now, three and thirty days retiredness hath endeared her more to the surfeited eyes of Ahasuerus. Had not... | |
 | Eliza Hunt - 1808 - 138 pages
...so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight ; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. "Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou,... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight : and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bible - 1825 - 596 pages
...objects makes them many times the more acceptable : the Beautiful countenance, the graceful demeanour, and goodly presence of Esther, have no sooner taken the eyes, than they fcave ravished the heart of king Ahasuerus : love hath soon banished all dreadfulness ; " And the king... | |
 | James Haldane Stewart - Sermons, English - 1828 - 500 pages
...court, the king, sitting upon his throne, while he beheld her, " she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand : so Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre;" and he said, " What wilt thou, queen Esther,... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...pleased Haman ; and he Esther the queen standing she obtained favour in in the court, that is sight : nt went out into the midst of the battle ; and behold, a man turned asid So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou,... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - Providence and government of God - 1829 - 442 pages
...so, when the king saw Esther, the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. Then said the king unto her, "What wilt thou,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 806 pages
...brethren both begin the quarrel .mil hold il on. Sounder*. To hold out. To extend ; to stretch forth. The king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. Ksth. v. 2. To hold out. To offer; to propose. Fortune hal.l-, out these to you, as rewards. Ben Juman.... | |
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