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Esther 7:3

Then Esther, the queen, all her pent-up emotions breaking forth with a sudden rush of words, answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request; she pleaded with the king that her own life and that of her race might be spared, saved from the impending calamity;

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See also Esther 7:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Esther 7:3. _LET MY LIFE BE GIVEN ME_] This was very artfully, as well as very honestly, managed; and was highly calculated to work on the feelings of the king. What! is the life of the queen, w...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE SECOND BANQUET AND HAMAN'S MISERABLE END CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The second banquet and Esther's petition (Esther 7:1)_ 2. Haman's exposure (Esther 7:5) 3. Haman's miserable end (Esther 7:7)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER 7. ESTHER ACCUSES HAMAN, AND HE IS HANGED ON THE GIBBET HE HAD PREPARED FOR MORDECAI. On the same day, at her second drinking-feast, Esther suddenly bursts out in impassioned denunciation of Ha...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MY LIFE. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. Life put before petition, and her People put before her request....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    VIII. Plea of Esther, Esther 7:1-10 A. Massacre Disclosed TEXT: Esther 7:1-6 1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO THE KING AND HAMAN CAME TO BANQUET WITH ESTHER THE QUEEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EXECUTION OF HAMAN 4. We are sold] an allusion to Haman's tender of 10,000 talents (href='190 3:9'>Est 3:9). ALTHOUGH THE ENEMY, etc.] The rendering is uncertain; RV 'although the adversary could...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 7 V1 So the king and Haman came to dine with Queen Esther. V2 As they were drinking wine, on that second day, the king said to Esther again...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַ מַּלְכָּה֙ וַ תֹּאמַ֔

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    QUEEN ESTHER Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12 THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all the chosen maidens of his realm, and who then delivers her people in the crisis...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    CRAFT OVERREACHES ITSELF Esther 7:1 Esther had prayed, as we have seen, Esther 4:16, but she acted also. She took such measures as were possible, to gain the king's favor, to awaken his curiosity, an...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Events now moved rapidly forward. By the way of the banquet Haman passed to the gallows. It was a fierce and terrible judgment, and yet characterized by poetic justice. The man who for no reason other...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _People. She was more concerned for these than for half of the kingdom. Hence all fasted and prayed, and Esther obtained their deliverance. (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (3) Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: (4) For we are...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    A Banquet Turned Sour . I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of Esther, we saw the pride of Haman becoming his own destruction! 1. Haman told Xerxes what he thought the king should do to hono...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN ESTHER THE QUEEN ANSWERED AND SAID,.... Not rolling herself at the king's knees, as Severus f writes; but rather, as the former Targum, lifting up her eyes to heaven, and perhaps putting up a sec...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: Ver. 3. _Then Est...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then Esther the queen answered and said_, &c. Esther, at length, surprises the king with a petition, not for wealth, or honour, or the preferment of some of her friends to some high post, which the k...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HAMAN HANGED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS (vv. 1-10) At Esther's second banquet the king asked her to make whatever petition she desired, with the promise that he would grant it to her.What a surprise it woul...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 If the love of life causes earnest pleadings with those that can only kill the body, how fervent should our prayers be to Him, who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell! How should we pra...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    It is my humble and only request, that thou wouldst not give me up to the malice of that man that designs to take away my life, and will certainly do it, if thou dost not prevent it. AND MY PEOPLE; an...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 7:3 Queen H4436 Esther H635 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) found H4672 (H8804) favor...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Esther's banquet and the hanging of Haman. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Harbonah. CONCLUSION: Mischief is sure to return upon the person himself who contrives it. The wicked shall...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Esther 7:4. _The king's damage,_ in the loss of subjects and of revenue. Esther 7:8. _They covered Haman's face;_ an indignity done only to persons condemned to die. Esther 7:9. _Hang him thereon._...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _What is thy petition, queen Esther?_ ESTHER’S PETITION 1. When called to speak for God and His people, we must summon up our courage, and act with becoming confidence and decision. Had Esther held h...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 7:2. THE KING SAID AGAIN] Compare Esther 5:6. ESTHER 7:3. MY LIFE, … MY PEOPLE] Esther has had time to carefully prepare her words, and her earnest language rises to the emoti...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION AT THE SECOND BANQUET ESTHER DENOUNCES HAMAN, AND THE KING CONDEMNS HIM TO BE IMPALED ON THE CROSS PREPARED FOR HAM

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Haman came in, but he was really troubled by this whole experience. And so, Esther prepared another beautiful banquet for the king, and again, the king in his generous mood said, "Esther, what do y...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 20:31; 2 Kings 1:13; Esther 4:8; Esther 7:7; Jeremiah 38:26;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My life — It is my only request, that thou wouldst not give me up to the malice of that man who designs to take away my life. Even a stranger, a criminal, shall be permitted to petition for his life....

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