who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah (or Jehoiachin), king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had carried away, that is, his house had been carried into exile at that time, about 130 years before, Mordecai himself having been born in Babylonia.
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...
JECONIAH. Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:6). CARRIED AWAY. Compare 2 Kings 24:14; 2 Kings 24:15; Jeremiah 1:24:133 years before the ge
_who had been carried away_ According to Heb. grammar, the relative pronoun should refer to Mordecai. If, however, he was even as a boy one of the captives in the time of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin, 2 Kings...
B. Solicitude of Mordecai TEXT: Esther 2:5-11 5 There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite, 6 who had...
_WHO HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY FROM JERUSALEM WITH THE CAPTIVITY WHICH HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY WITH JECONIAH KING OF JUDAH, WHOM NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING OF BABYLON HAD CARRIED AWAY._ No JFB commentary on t...
2:6 Jeconiah (e-17) Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24:6 , &c....
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...
WHO HAD BEEN ... — The antecedent is obviously Kish, though as far as the mere grammar goes it might have been Mordecai. JECONIAH. — That is, Jehoiachin. (See 2 Kings 24:12.) NEBUCHADNEZZAR ... HAD...
אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָגְלָה֙ מִ יר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יִם עִם ־הַ גּ
MORDECAI Esther 2:5; Esther 4:1; Esther 6:10; Esther 9:1 THE hectic enthusiast who inspires Daniel Deronda with his passionate ideas is evidently a
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...
Who. This may refer to Cis, the great-grandfather of Mardochai, if we postpone this history till the latter end of the Persian monarchy. (Du Hamel) --- But it more naturally applies to Mardochai himse...
(5) Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; (6) Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the...
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...
WHO HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY FROM JERUSALEM,.... Which, according to some f, is to be connected, not with Mordecai, but with Kish, his great-grandfather; and indeed otherwise Mordecai must be now a very...
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. Ver. 6. _Who had been ca...
_Who had been carried away from Jerusalem_ This may refer either to Kish, Mordecai's grandfather, last mentioned, or to Mordecai himself, which, however, is not probable, as in that case he must have...
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...
WHO HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY: this may be referred either, 1. To Kish, Mordecai's grandfather last mentioned; or, 2. To Mordecai, who was then carried away, either, 1. In the loins of his parents, in w...
Esther 2:6 away H1540 (H8717) Jerusalem H3389 captives H1473 captured H1540 (H8717) Jeconiah H3204 king H4428 Jud
JECONIAH Or, Jehoiachin; (2 Kings 24:6)....
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...
_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....
_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 2:6 JECONIAH, also known as Jehoiachin (1 Chronicles 3:16), was the second-to-last king of Judah. He was deported to Babylon in 597 B.C.
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:5.] Jair, Shimei, and Kish can hardly mean the father, grandfather, and great-grandfather of Mordecai. On the contrary, if Jair were perhaps his father, Shimei and Kish may h...
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...
2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:20; 2 Chronicles 36:9; 2 Kings 24:14;...