And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. 3. What honour and dignity etc.? ] We are not obliged to suppose that Xerxes had forgotten the fact of his deliverance or the person … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:2
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 2. Bigthana ] in Est 2:21 Bigthan, while the same name in Est 1:10 loses yet another letter. The Targum says that the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:1
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 1. could not the king sleep ] better literally, as marg., the king’s sleep fled from him. The LXX. paraphrases, ‘The Lord withheld sleep from the king’; and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 6:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:14
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:14”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:13
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. Est 5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the kings gate. Outward prosperity and an evil heart Hamans misery sprung from his most prominent vice. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:13”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:12
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Thus he makes that matter of glorying which was designed for and the occasion of his utter ruin. So … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:12”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:11
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 11. recounted unto them ] A.V. less accurately, told them of. and the multitude of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:11”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:10
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. 10. Haman also on his side uses circumspection in carrying out his vengeful design. Instead of ordering immediate punishment to be inflicted upon his enemy, an act which we may safely assume would in virtue … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:10”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:9
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. 9. in the king’s gate ] Mordecai’s resumption of his old position indicates that he had put off … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:8
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king hath said. Est 5:8 Let the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 5:8”