_NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF AHASUERUS, (THIS IS AHASUERUS WHICH REIGNED, FROM INDIA EVEN UNTO ETHIOPIA, OVER AN HUNDRED AND SEVEN AND TWENTY PROVINCES:)_ Ahasuerus, х_ 'ACHASHWEEROWSH_ (H325) (see Gesenius, sub voce); the Septuagint has Artaxerxees]. But it is now generally agreed among lea... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN THE KING AHASUERUS SAT ON THE THRONE OF HIS KINGDOM, WHICH WAS IN SHUSHAN THE PALACE,_ When the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom - i:e., in the third year of his reign. IN SHUSHAN THE PALACE, х_ SHUWSHAN_ (H7800), a lily: 'Moroea Sisyrynchium, Ker. Iris Si... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE THIRD YEAR OF HIS REIGN, HE MADE A FEAST UNTO ALL HIS PRINCES AND HIS SERVANTS; THE POWER OF PERSIA AND MEDIA, THE NOBLES AND PRINCES OF THE PROVINCES, BEING BEFORE HIM:_ Made a feast unto all his princes and his servants. Banquets on so grand a scale, and extending over so great a period,... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN HE SHEWED THE RICHES OF HIS GLORIOUS KINGDOM AND THE HONOUR OF HIS EXCELLENT MAJESTY MANY DAYS, EVEN AN HUNDRED AND FOURSCORE DAYS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHERE WERE WHITE, GREEN, AND BLUE, HANGINGS, FASTENED WITH CORDS OF FINE LINEN AND PURPLE TO SILVER RINGS AND PILLARS OF MARBLE: THE BEDS WERE OF GOLD AND SILVER, UPON A PAVEMENT OF RED, AND BLUE, AND WHITE, AND BLACK, MARBLE._ Where were white, green, and blue hangings ... х_ CHUWR_ (H2353), fine... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY GAVE THEM DRINK IN VESSELS OF GOLD, (THE VESSELS BEING DIVERSE ONE FROM ANOTHER,) AND ROYAL WINE IN ABUNDANCE, ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF THE KING._ They gave them drink in vessels of gold. There is reason to believe from this account, as well as from Esther 5:6; Esther 7:2; Esther 7:7, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE DRINKING WAS ACCORDING TO THE LAW; NONE DID COMPEL: FOR SO THE KING HAD APPOINTED TO ALL THE OFFICERS OF HIS HOUSE, THAT THEY SHOULD DO ACCORDING TO EVERY MAN'S PLEASURE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO VASHTI THE QUEEN MADE A FEAST FOR THE WOMEN IN THE ROYAL HOUSE WHICH BELONGED TO KING AHASUERUS._ Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women. The celebration was double; because, as according to the Oriental fashion the sexes do not intermingle in society, the court ladies were entertai... [ Continue Reading ]
_ON THE SEVENTH DAY, WHEN THE HEART OF THE KING WAS MERRY WITH WINE, HE COMMANDED MEHUMAN, BIZTHA, HARBONA, BIGTHA, AND ABAGTHA, ZETHAR, AND CARCAS, THE SEVEN CHAMBERLAINS THAT SERVED IN THE PRESENCE OF AHASUERUS THE KING,_ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine. As the... [ Continue Reading ]
_TO BRING VASHTI THE QUEEN BEFORE THE KING WITH THE CROWN ROYAL, TO SHEW THE PEOPLE AND THE PRINCES HER BEAUTY: FOR SHE WAS FAIR TO LOOK ON._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE KING SAID TO THE WISE MEN, WHICH KNEW THE TIMES, (FOR SO WAS THE KING'S MANNER TOWARD ALL THAT KNEW LAW AND JUDGMENT:_ Then the king said to the wise men. These were probably the magi, without whose advice as to the proper time of doing a thing, the Persian kings never did take any step w... [ Continue Reading ]