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By the king's order, each guest was allowed to drink as he pleased; all the stewards had been instructed to serve each guest according to his own wishes. (Esther 1, 8)
This proposal pleased the king and his officials; so the king acted on Memucan's advice. (Esther 1, 21)
Then let the girl who pleases the king take Vashti's place." The king was pleased with the suggestion and he acted on it. (Esther 2, 4)
Esther pleased the custodian of women and won his favor. He not only promptly provided her with cosmetics and good food but assigned to her seven special maids from the king's household and transferred her and her maids into the best place in the harem. (Esther 2, 9)
She would go there in the evening and return the following morning to another harem under the care of the royal eunuch Shaashgaz, custodian of the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name. (Esther 2, 14)
The robes and the horse should be handed to one of the king's noblest officers who should array the man the king wishes to honor and lead him on horseback through the city street, proclaiming before him: 'This is what is done for the man the king is pleased to honor!'" (Esther 6, 9)
So Haman took the robes and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the streets, proclaiming, "This is what is done for the man the king is pleased to honor!" (Esther 6, 11)
The Jews struck down their enemies, killing them by the sword, doing as they pleased to those who hated them. (Esther 9, 5)
Be pleased, O God, to rescue me! Make haste to help me! (Psalms 70, 2)
Alleluia! I am pleased that the Lord has heard my voice in supplication, (Psalms 116, 1)
He is not concerned with the strength of a horse; nor is he pleased in the speed of a runner; (Psalms 147, 10)
And as they wanted to be like the pagans in everything, they made artificial foreskins for themselves and abandoned the Holy Covenant, sinning as they pleased. (1 Maccabees 1, 15)