Bible Commentary

Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:9”

Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal [it] with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse. Write … as it liketh you … – (See the Est 1:19 note. Practically, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:8”

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. 7, 8. Ahasuerus says in effect, ‘I cannot reverse the decree. It is not, as you … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:7”

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? Verse 6. To see the destruction of my kindred?] She had now informed the king that she was cousin to Mordecai, and consequently a Jewess; and though her … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:6”

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:5”

Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, 4. held out to Esther the golden sceptre ] Cp. Est 4:11, Est 5:2. On this occasion, however, the king’s action was not in order to permit approach with a petition, but in token of the favourable … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:4”

And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. Chap. Est 8:3-17. Arrangements for the deliverance of the Jews 3. spake yet again before the king … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:3”

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. His ring – i. e. the royal signet by which the decrees of the government were signed. Over the house of Haman – Not only the building and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:2”

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] unto her. Give the house of Haman – Confiscation of goods accompanied public execution in Persia as in other Oriental countries. Fuente: Albert … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 8:1”

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified. The gallows that he had prepared; which stood in his own house, as was now said, and made the punishment more grievous and ignominious. Then was the kings wrath pacified; judgment being now most justly executed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 7:10”