Bible Commentary

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every [thing] that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai [be] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:13”

And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. Chaps. Est 6:12 to Est 8:2. Haman’s overthrow 12. having his head covered ] in token of grief. Cp. Est 7:8; 2Sa 15:30; 2Sa 19:4; Jer 14:4; Eze 24:17. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:12”

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor. 11. Then took Haman etc. ] Haman, as the most prominent man in the king’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:11”

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, [and] take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. 10. Mordecai the Jew ] We may assume that his nationality was stated … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:10”

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom the king delighteth to honor, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:9”

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: 8. royal apparel ] The extent of the honour which Haman sought is illustrated by the story in Plutarch’s Lives ( Artaxerxes, 5), where we … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:8”

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor, 7. For the man etc. ] lit. The man etc., the broken character of the sentence shewing Haman’s eagerness and excitement. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And Haman answered the king,…. At once, being very prompt to suggest … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:7”

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself? 6. said in his heart ] i.e. thought. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:6”

And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. And the king’s servants said unto him, behold, Haman standeth in the court,…. In the outward court; for into the inward court none might enter without being called, for which he was waiting: and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:5”

And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 4. Who is in the court? ] that instructions might be at once given to rectify the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:4”