She required nothing, to show that she was not desirous to please the king, and that she was brought to the king without and against her own inclination and choice. Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her, i.e. was admired by them for her beauty.
Verse 15. _SHE REQUIRED NOTHING_] She left this entirely to her friend Hege, who seems to have been intent on her success. She therefore left her decorations to his judgment alone, and went in that dr...
SHE REQUIRED NOTHING - The other virgins perhaps loaded themselves with precious ornaments of various kinds, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, anklets, and the like. Esther let Hegai dress her as he wou...
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...
_Abihail_ Esther's father is mentioned again in Esther 9:29. In both places the LXX. reads _Aminadab_, which is its equivalent for _Abinadab_. The object of introducing again at this point the descrip...
D. Selection of Esther TEXT: Esther 2:15-18 15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she r...
_IN THE EVENING SHE WENT, AND ON THE MORROW SHE RETURNED INTO THE SECOND HOUSE OF THE WOMEN, TO THE CUSTODY OF SHAASHGAZ, THE KING'S CHAMBERLAIN, WHICH KEPT THE CONCUBINES: SHE CAME IN UNTO THE KING N...
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...
וּ בְ הַגִּ֣יעַ תֹּר ־אֶסְתֵּ֣ר בַּת ־אֲבִיחַ
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...
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberl...
_Abihail. Septuagint, "Aminadab, brother of Mardochai's father." (Haydock) (Ver. 7.)_...
(8) So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought als...
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...
NOW WHEN THE TURN OF ESTHER THE DAUGHTER OF ABIHAIL,.... For this was her father's name, and not Aminadab, as the Septuagint version: THE UNCLE OF MORDECAI, WHO HAD TAKEN HER FOR HIS DAUGHTER; which...
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberl...
_She required nothing_ Not being desirous to set herself off with artificial beauty, nor, probably, to please the king; having been brought to the king's house without and against her own inclination...
ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN...
Now, when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Regal, the king's chamb...
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...
Esther 2:15 turn H8447 came H5060 (H8687) Esther H635 daughter H1323 Abihail H32 uncle H1730 Mordecai H4782 taken...
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 2:12 MYRRH. An expensive perfume obtained from trees native to Africa and southern Asia. CONCUBINES, the king’s mistresses, were housed separately (in the second harem
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:15. SHE REQUIRED NOTHING] She made no effort to adorn her person with jewellery or dress to please her own fancy, but left the matter entirely to Hegai, who would be likely...
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...
Acts 7:10; Esther 2:7; Song of Solomon 6:9; Song of Solomon 8:10...