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;)
To go in
Six months
Bible References
To go in
1 Thessalonians 4:4
Each of you must know how to control his own body in a holy and honorable manner,
Six months
Proverbs 7:17
I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Song of Songs 3:6
What is this coming up from the desert like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
Isaiah 57:9
You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself!
Luke 7:37
There was a woman who was a notorious sinner in that city. When she learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's home, she took an alabaster jar of perfume