George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Esther 2:3
House. Distinct from the palace, ver. 14. --- Women's. Hebrew, "things for rubbing, (Calmet) or purification;" (Haydock) such as perfumes, but not clothes.
House. Distinct from the palace, ver. 14. --- Women's. Hebrew, "things for rubbing, (Calmet) or purification;" (Haydock) such as perfumes, but not clothes.
Verse Esther 2:3. _HEGE THE KING'S CHAMBERLAIN_] הגא סריס המלך _Hege seris_ _hammelech_, "Hege, the king's _eunuch_;" so the Septuagint, Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac. In the Eastern countries the women...
THE HOUSE OF THE WOMEN - i. e. the “gynaeceon,” or “haram” - always an essential part of an Oriental palace (Compare 1 Kings 7:8). In the Persian palaces it was very extensive, since the monarchs main...
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...
CUSTODY. hand. CHAMBERLAIN. eunuch....
_to the house of the women_ the harem, which must have been of large dimensions, and was made up, as we see from Esther 2:14, of more than one building. It most likely consisted of three portions, viz...
II. Promotion of Esther, Esther 2:1-23 A. Search for a Queen TEXT: Esther 2:1-4 1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, an...
_THEN SAID THE KING'S SERVANTS THAT MINISTERED UNTO HIM, LET THERE BE FAIR YOUNG VIRGINS SOUGHT FOR THE KING:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
2:3 custody (c-38) Lit. 'under the hand.' purification (d-53) Or 'preparation.'...
THE HOUSE OF THE WOMEN] This was the house of the virgins, as contrasted with the house of the concubines (href='190 2:14'>Est 2:14). THEIR THINGS FOR PURIFICATION] Various perfumed oils and ointment...
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...
THE HOUSE OF THE WOMEN. — The harem, then as now, A prominent feature in the establishment of an Eastern king. HEGE. — Called Hegai in Esther 2:8; a eunuch whose special charge seems to have been the...
וְ יַפְקֵ֨ד הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ פְּקִידִים֮ בְּ כָל
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...
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of...
(1) В¶ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. (2) Then said the king's servants that minister...
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...
AND LET THE KING APPOINT OFFICERS IN ALL THE PROVINCES OF HIS KINGDOM,.... Who best knew where beautiful virgins might be found in their respective provinces, in which they dwelt: THAT THEY MAY GATHE...
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of...
_Then said the king's servants_ Who, for their own interests, were obliged to quiet the king's mind, and procure him another amiable consort. _To the house of the women_ Or rather, of the virgins; for...
and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, a matter easy to perform with the extensive Persian post system, THAT THEY MAY GATHER TOGETHER ALL THE FAIR YOUNG VIRGINS UNTO SH...
THE CHOICE OF VIRGINS FOR THE POSITION OF 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...
UNTO THE CUSTODY: _ Heb._ unto the hand HEGE: Or, Hegai, ver. 8...
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...
KEEPER OF THE WOMEN; either, 1. Of the virgins, who are oft called _women_, as here, ESTHER 2:11,12, and elsewhere. So it is a synecdoche. Or, 2. Of all the women, both virgins and concubines; only t...
Esther 2:3 king H4428 appoint H6485 (H8686) officers H6496 provinces H4082 kingdom H4438 gather H6908 (H8799) beautiful...
HEGE Or, Hegai, (Esther 2:8)....
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...
_And let the king appoint officers _ THE WEAK AND LOWLY Poor, helpless, feeble, may be the earthward aspect of true religion. Beggars shall be taken from the dunghill, to set them among princes. God...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:1 The YOUNG MEN were probably the king’s personal household servants (see Esther 6:3). EUNUCH. See note on...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:2.] The youths, or male domestics, without regard to age, that served before the king, sought to avert the danger that threatened. They advised that maidens, virgins, be bro...
EXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS, AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI'S PLACE (Esther 2:1). Vashti having ceased to be queen,
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...
Esther 1:1; Esther 1:2; Esther 2:12; Esther 2:8; Isaiah 3:18...
Keeper — Of all the women, both virgins and concubines: only the virgins he himself took care of, as requiring more care and caution, and the concubines be committed to Shaashgaz, Esther 2:14, his dep...