Bible Commentary

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring [it] into the king’s treasuries. 9. that they be destroyed ] lit. to destroy them. Let an edict … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:9”

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it [is] not for the king’s profit to suffer them. 8. scattered abroad ] better, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:8”

In the first month, that [is], the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Adar. 7 15 . Haman’s scheme for the extermination of the Jews 7. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:7”

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had showed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai. 6. But he thought scorn etc. ] Haman’s wrath was so excessive that to punish … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:6”

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. Est 3:5-6 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not . . . then was Haman full of wrath. Vanity and cruelty Haman manifests by his behaviour the intimate connection there is between vanity and cruelty. 1. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:5”

Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he [was] a Jew. 4. whether Mordecai’s matters would stand ] The Heb. expression signifies either matters or words. They desired … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:4”

Then the king’s servants, which [were] in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment? Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate,…. Observing the behaviour of Mordecai towards Haman from time to time: said unto Mordecai, why transgressest thou the king’s commandment? of giving reverence to Haman, which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:3”

And all the king’s servants, that [were] in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence. 2. bowed down ] The Heb. expresses a more profound salutation, after the Oriental fashion, than the A.V. ‘bow.’ the king had so commanded … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:2”

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that [were] with him. Chap. Est 3:1-6. Haman offended by Mordecai’s refusal to make obeisance 1. After these things ] i.e. between the seventh (Est 2:16) and the twelfth ( … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 3:1”

And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. 23. And when inquisition on a tree ] The LXX. have more briefly, ‘And the king examined the two eunuchs and hung … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 2:23”