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Verse Esther 2:23. _IT WAS FOUND OUT_] It was proved against them, in
consequence of which they were _hanged_. Perhaps the words _vaiyittalu
al ets, they were hung upon wood_ or _a tree_, may refer t...
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BOTH HANGED ON A TREE - i. e. “crucified” or “impaled” the
ordinary punishment of rebels and traitors in Persia.
THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES - Ctesias drew his Persian history from
them, and they are...
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ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN AND MORDECAI'S DISCOVERY
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The suggestion (Esther 2:1)_
2. Mordecai and Esther introduced (Esther 2:5)
3. Esther brought to the king's house (Esther 2:8)
4. Esthe...
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MORDECAI DETECTS A PLOT TO MURDER THE KING. A story of the conspiracy
of regicides is set here in both Heb. and LXX, because the earlier
mention of it had been cut out. But this insertion is badly mad...
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WRITTEN. See note on Esther 6:1....
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_And when inquisition … on a tree_ The LXX. have more briefly, -And
the king examined the two eunuchs and hung them." The word -examined"
probably means by torture.
_hanged on a tree_ crucified or im...
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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...
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E. Sedition Revealed
TEXT: Esther 2:19-23
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And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then
Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.
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Esther had not yet made known her kindre...
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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....
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HANGED] or, 'impaled,' a form of punishment frequently inflicted by
Persian sovereigns. THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES] Herodotus relates
instances of Xerxes' similarly recording the names of certain men...
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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...
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HANGED ON A TREE. — Were crucified; a common punishment among the
Persians, especially on rebels (Herod. iii. 120, 125, 159, &c). The
dead body of Leonidas was crucified by Xerxes’ orders after the
de...
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וַ יְבֻקַּ֤שׁ הַ דָּבָר֙ וַ
יִּמָּצֵ֔א וַ
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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...
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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...
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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 (o) chronicles before the king.
(o) In the chronicles o...
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_King. Such histories were preserved with great care, 1 Esdras vi. 1.
(Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the king ordered a memorial to it to be kept
in the royal library, for the praise of Mardochai's good wi...
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(21) В¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of
the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the
door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! let the view here afforded of the sad corruption and base
lusts of our poor fallen nature, add one conviction more to all thou
hast already received of the great necessity and imme...
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN INQUISITION WAS MADE OF THE MATTER, IT WAS FOUND OUT,....
That these two men had entered into a conspiracy to take away the
king's life; full proof and evidence were given of it:
THEREFORE T...
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_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._
Ver. 23. _And when inquis...
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_It was written in the book of the Chronicles_ A day-book, wherein all
memorable things were recorded. _Before the king_ This may refer
either, 1st, To the _writing_ of it, signifying that it was writ...
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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...
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21-23 Good subjects must not conceal any bad design they know of
against the prince, or the public peace. Mordecai was not rewarded at
the time, but a remembrance was written. Thus, with respect to t...
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This may be referred, either,
1. To the writing, to note that this was written in the king's
presence by scribes, who were continually present with the king to
write all remarkable passages happening...
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Esther 2:23 inquiry H1245 (H8792) matter H1697 confirmed H4672 (H8735)
both H8147 hanged H8518 (H8735) gallows
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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...
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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...
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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...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 2:21. BIGTHAN] Probably the same as _Bigtha_ (Esther 1:10).
Called _Bigthana_ in Esther 6:2. WHICH KEPT THE DOOR] Lit., _guards of
the threshold_. Being doorkeepers, like Morde...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 21:22; Deuteronomy 21:23; Esther 5:14; Esther 6:1; Esthe
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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...