George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Esther 2:20
Commandment. No one interrogated her, as she had been educated as Susa, and was taken for a Persian lady, ver. 10. (Menochius)
Commandment. No one interrogated her, as she had been educated as Susa, and was taken for a Persian lady, ver. 10. (Menochius)
ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN. Ere long Ahasuerus longs for his lost queen's comradeship. He is moved to issue a summons throughout all his territories, commanding all fair maidens to appear as candidates for t...
AS. according as. FOR, &C. Thus revealing. new characteristic of Esther. This secrecy was hardly needed if the emancipation of Ezra 1:1 had already taken place. COMMANDMENT. Hebrew. _'amar_, as in E...
Mordecai's discovery of the plot against the king's life 19. _And when the virgins were gathered together the second time_ Render, _Now when maidens were being gathered together a second time_. There...
_Esther had not yet shewed etc._ In the East, when persons rise in rank, it is expected that their relatives will rise with them. But the connexion between Esther and Mordecai had not been disclosed,...
E. Sedition Revealed TEXT: Esther 2:19-23 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate. 20 Esther had not yet made known her kindre...
_AND WHEN THE VIRGINS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER THE SECOND TIME, THEN MORDECAI SAT IN THE KING'S GATE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN. MORDECAI'S SERVICE 1. He remembered, etc.] LXX has 'he thought no more of Vashti, remembering what,' etc....
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 V1 Later, when the king was not still angry, he thought about Vashti. He remembered what she had done. And he remembered the law that he h...
ESTHER HAD NOT YET ... — Perhaps this verse is added to meet the supposition that the king wished to replace Esther through finding out her nation....
אֵ֣ין אֶסְתֵּ֗ר מַגֶּ֤דֶת מֹֽולַדְתָּהּ֙ וְ אֶת...
THE SERVICE OF A FOREIGNER Esther 2:1 Esther's Hebrew name meant Myrtle. It could not have been easy for her to retain her sweet simplicity amid the corruptions of her time, but her Persian name mean...
In this chapter we have a revelation of customs obtaining in the household of the king. We can read them with thankfulness that wherever the purifying forces of revealed religion have operated they ha...
(8) So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought als...
The Beauty Contest I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw Queen Vashti loose everything for refusing to come to the party when King Xerxes requested her presence! 1. Not only did she loose her crown a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10. The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and unacknow...
ESTHER HAD NOT SHOWED HER KINDRED NOR HER PEOPLE, AS MORDECAI HAD CHARGED HER,.... As not before, so neither since she was made queen, see Esther 2:10, though, according to the Targums, she was urged...
Esther had not [yet] shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. Ver. 20. _Esther had not yet...
_Esther did the commandment of Mordecai_, &c. A rare example of virtue, that she should be so observant of him when she was a queen: for most persons forget what they were when they are unexpectedly a...
Esther had not yet showed her kindred nor her people, had not divulged her nationality, AS MORDECAI HAD CHARGED HER; FOR ESTHER DID THE COMMANDMENT OF MORDECAI LIKE AS WHEN SHE WAS BROUGHT UP WITH HIM...
ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN...
ESTHER CHOSEN AS QUEEN (vv. 1-18) We read nothing more as to Vashti, whether she was simply banished from the king's court or killed. But it was four years before the king married a queen to take Va...
1-20 We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Esther 2:20 Esther H635 revealed H5046 (H8688) family H4138 people H5971 Mordecai H4782 charged H6680 (H8765) Esther...
CONTENTS: Esther made queen. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Mordecai, Esther, Hegai, Bigthan, Teresh, Shaashgaz. CONCLUSION: God sometimes raises up the poor out of the dust to set them among princes. Those...
Esther 2:3. _Gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace._ The polygamy we have hitherto seen is small in comparison of the indulgences of the Babylonian and Persian court. This...
_For Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him._ REPAYING PARENTAL KINDNESS Then I would say that there is a lesson here for the young. How can they repay in an...
_So that he set the royal crown upon her head._ THE ELEVATION OF WOMAN Gloss it as you may, this is not pleasant reading, and yet not unprofitable, having much to say to us, and especially to women,...
_Whose name was Mordecai._ MORDECAI Providence opens avenues through which merit may attain elevation. I. Mordecai was kind to his orphan cousin. He brought her up, adopting her as his own daughter....
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:19__ Mordecai happens to be in the right place at the right time to serve King Ahasuerus. This is one of many examples of God’s hidden direction of events, though God is never...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:15. SHE REQUIRED NOTHING] She made no effort to adorn her person with jewellery or dress to please her own fancy, but left the matter entirely to Hegai, who would be likely...
EXPOSITION MORDECAI'S DISCOVERY OF A PLOT AGAINST AHASUERUS' LIFE (Esther 2:19-17). Some time after Esther had been made queen, there was a second collection of virgins at Susa (verse 19), under circu...
And so, after these things, the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, and he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Then said the king's servant that ministered un...
Ephesians 6:1; Esther 2:10...
ESTHER, THE JEWISH QUEEN Esther 2:17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS "God works in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." The eye of God had beheld a growing antagonism against His people, Israel, during t...