For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
The king sent letters to all the provinces in his kingdom, writing to each province in its own script and to each people group in their own language. The message declared that every man should be the ruler in his own household, and this announcement was to be proclaimed in the language that each people group could understand.
King Xerxes sent a decree throughout his vast empire declaring that men should be the head of their households, making sure every ethnic group received this message in their own language.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Esther, set in the ancient Persian Empire under King Ahasuerus, the king had just banished Queen Vashti for refusing to obey his command to appear before his guests. This decree was issued as a response to that event, aiming to reassert male authority in households across the vast empire to maintain social order. The letters were sent in the languages of each province to ensure the message was clearly understood by all people.
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