That it be not altered - Compare the margin reference. This was the theory. Practically, the monarch, if he chose, could always dis…

That it be not altered. —Literally, that it not pass away. The order having been committed to writing was, in theory at a…

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from
him
Not only a proclamat…

Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of special festivity often end in vexation.

Superiors should be careful not …