George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Esther 8:7
Durst. Hebrew, "laid." He had sufficiently manifested his intention to destroy them, though he had not been able to injure any one. (Haydock)
Durst. Hebrew, "laid." He had sufficiently manifested his intention to destroy them, though he had not been able to injure any one. (Haydock)
MORDECAI'S EXALTATION AND THE SECOND PROCLAMATION CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Mordecai's exaltation (Esther 8:1)_ 2. Esther's second petition (Esther 8:3) 3. The second proclamation (Esther 8:9) 4. The joy of...
ESTHER 8. THE KING DECREES THAT THE JEWS MAY DEFEND THEMSELVES. We come now to one of the most important parts of the tale. Esther has seen Haman pass out to death not, be it noted, at her request. No...
GALLOWS. See note on Esther 5:14....
Ahasuerus says in effect, -I cannot reverse the decree. It is not, as you suggest, merely Haman's. It has been promulgated with my authority, and hence immutability attaches to it. But think of some m...
B. Monarch's Reparation TEXT: Esther 8:3-8 3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and hi...
_FOR HOW CAN I ENDURE TO SEE THE EVIL THAT SHALL COME UNTO MY PEOPLE? OR HOW CAN I ENDURE TO SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF MY KINDRED?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE JEWS ARE SAVED 1. Did.. of Haman] The property of Haman, after his execution, was confiscated to the use of the king, to be disposed of as he thought fit....
BECAME JEWS] i.e. proselytes. BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN, etc.] The king mentions this to show that his denial of her request to reverse the letters of Haman (href='190 8:5'>Est 8:5) was due not to lack of...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 That same day, King Xerxes gave to Esther all the property of Haman. (Haman had been the enemy of the *Jews.) And Mordecai came to see...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ לְ אֶס
COURAGE REWARDED Esther 8:1 The ring symbolized royal power and authority; by this sign Mordecai was suddenly raised to the position formerly held by Haman. He also managed for Esther the large estat...
The deposition and death of Haman issued naturally in the promotion of Mordecai. However, the peril to his people was not yet averted. The royal proclamation had gone forth that on the thirteenth day...
(5) And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised...
The Good News I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of the book of Esther, we saw wicked Haman get what he deserved. 1. He had built the 75 ft. gallows for his enemy Mordecai, but ending up han...
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...
THEN THE KING AHASUERUS SAID UNTO ESTHER THE QUEEN, AND TO MORDECAI THE JEW,.... Who was present at the same time, either at the desire of Esther, or by virtue of his office, being now one of those th...
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the...
_Him they have hanged, because he laid his hand upon the Jews _ That is, intended to destroy them all. By what the king had done to show his resentment against Haman, they might easily believe he woul...
Then the King Ahasuerus said unto Esther, the queen, and to Mordecai, the Jew, in granting the request of Esther, BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN ESTHER THE HOUSE OF HAMAN, AND HIM THEY HAVE HANGED UPON THE GALL...
THE DECREE OF AHASUERUS AND ITS EFFECT...
A SECOND EDICT CONCERNING THE JEWS (vv. 1-17) In all of the history we have considered, we cannot but discern the working of God as will be the case in the Great Tribulation period.Mordecai is a typ...
3-14 It was time to be earnest, when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people. We read of no tears when she begged for her o...
You see how ready I have been to grant your requests, and I do not repent of my favour to you, and am ready to grant your further desires, as far as the law will permit me to do....
Esther 8:7 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 (H8799) Queen H4436 Esther H635 Mordecai H4782 Jew H3064 given...
CONTENTS: The vengeance order of Ahasuerus. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai. CONCLUSION: Let the odds be against God's people, they have but to include God in their faith and He will open wa...
Esther 8:1. _On that day did the king give._ The LXX read, “In that day king Artaxerxes gave to queen Esther all the substance of the diabolical Haman;” that is, all his estates, and servants, and cat...
_Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen._ A MONARCH’S IMBECILITY Always distrust the man who is the victim of circumstances. Great men make their circumstances and little men are made by...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 8:3 Haman was dead, but the decree he had issued with the king’s authority was still in force, for AN EDICT... CANNOT BE REVOKED (v. Esther 8:8; compare
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 8:7.] The answer of Ahasuerus is a refusal, but one softened as much as possible. He first dwells on the proofs he bad just given of his friendly feeling towards the Jews; he t...
EXPOSITION HAMAN'S HOUSE GIVEN TO ESTHER, AND THE KING'S SIGNET MADE OVER.TO MORDECAI (Esther 8:1,...
So on that day the king Ahasuerus did give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. [He gave the house to her.] And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to h...
Esther 7:10; Esther 8:1; Galatians 3:13; Proverbs 13:22...