Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

Bible References

To go in

1 Thessalonians 4:4
that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

Six months

Proverbs 7:17
“I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
Song of Songs 3:6
What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like columns of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?
Isaiah 57:9
“You have journeyed to the king with oil
And increased your perfumes;
You have sent your envoys a great distance
And made them go down to Sheol.
Luke 7:37
And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume,