Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 4:7
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
7. the exact sum ] The A.V. less closely the sum. The Heb. word is derived from a root meaning to distinguish, explain. It occurs again in Est 10:2 (‘ the full account of the greatness of Mordecai’).
that Haman had promised to pay ] See on Est 3:11.
for the Jews ] as the price of the destruction of the Jews.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him,…. How that, for refusing to reverence Haman, he was incensed against him, and against all the Jews for his sake; and had vowed revenge on them, and had formed a scheme for the ruin of them:
and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them the 10,000 talents of silver he proposed to pay into the king’s exchequer in lieu of the Jews’ tribute; which Mordecai observes, to show how bent he was upon the destruction of the Jews, and cared not what it cost him to gain his point; and perhaps Mordecai as yet might not know that the king had remitted it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
7. The sum of the money Rather, a statement of the silver. The word here rendered sum is , and occurs again only at chap. Est 10:2, where it is rendered declaration. It means a distinct or accurate statement. Mordecai told Hatach what had befallen him, and gave him also a statement of the silver Haman had promised to bring into the king’s treasury.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Est 4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Ver. 7. And Mordecai told him all that had happened unto him ] Not by fate or blind fortune, (and yet time and chance happeneth to all, Ecc 9:11 , and it was by chance to the wounded man, that the priest and the Levite came down that way, Luk 10:31 ), but by the providence of God, which hath a hand in ordering the most casual and fortuitous events, to the execution of his righteous counsels; neither is there ever a providence but we shall once see a wonder or a mercy wrapt up in it.
And of the sum of money
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the sum of the money = the exact sum of the money. Mordecai knew of this, but how we cannot tell. He evidently did not know that the king had made Harnan a present of it (Est 3:11).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
all that had: Est 3:2-15
Reciprocal: Est 7:4 – we are sold Pro 12:6 – the mouth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Est 4:7-8. And of the sum of money, &c. Namely, the ten thousand talents he had offered to procure the kings consent to their destruction. And to charge her, &c. Not only in his own name, to whom she had manifested singular respect, but also in the name of the great God.