Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 5:3

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3. it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom —This mode of speaking originated in the Persian custom of appropriating for the maintenance of great men, or royal favorites, one city for his bread, another for his wine, a third for his clothes, &c., so that the phrase denoted great liberality. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"