Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Esther 8:14
By the king's commandment; by his particular. and express command to that purpose.
By the king's commandment; by his particular. and express command to that purpose.
Verse Esther 8:14. _THE DECREE WAS GIVEN AT SHUSHAN_] The contrary effect which it was to produce considered, this decree was in every respect like the former. See Esther 3:8....
BEING HASTENED - Between Sivan, the third month (June), when the posts went out, and Adar, the twelfth month (March), when the struggle was to take place, the interval would be one of more than 8 mont...
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...
HASTENED. Hebrew. _bahal._ See note on Esther 6:10. COMMANDMENT. word. Hebrew. _dabar._ See note on Esther 1:12. DECREE. See note on Esther 2:8....
_swift steeds that were used in the king's service_ See on Esther 8:10. _being hastened and pressed on_ The increased need for promptitude is indicated by the two synonymous participles, of which onl...
C. Massacre Resisted TEXT: Esther 8:9-14 9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written...
_UPON ONE DAY IN ALL THE PROVINCES OF KING AHASUERUS, NAMELY, UPON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE TWELFTH MONTH, WHICH IS THE MONTH ADAR._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
8:14 blood (a-9) Or 'mules.'...
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....
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...
MULES AND CAMELS. — See above on Esther 8:10. BEING HASTENED. — Why this haste, seeing there yet remained nearly nine months (wanting ten days) before the first edict would come into play? There may p...
הָ רָצִ֞ים רֹכְבֵ֤י הָ רֶ֨כֶשׁ֙ הָֽ אֲחַשְׁתּ
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...
(9) Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded u...
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...
SO THE POSTS THAT RODE UPON MULES AND CAMELS WENT OUT,.... Or on the mules, which in the Persian language were called "ahashteranim"; Esther 8:10, BEING HASTENED AND PRESSED ON BY THE KING'S COMMAND...
Esther 8:14 [So] the posts that rode upon mules [and] camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. Ver. 14. _So the posts...
_Upon one day_, &c. Which day was chosen and appointed by Haman for their destruction. _That the Jews should be ready against that day_ Should be furnished with arms, and all things necessary for thei...
So the posts, the king's messengers, THAT RODE UPON MULES AND CAMELS WENT OUT, BEING HASTENED AND PRESSED ON BY THE KING'S COMMANDMENT. AND THE DECREE WAS GIVEN AT SHUSHAN, THE PALACE, being sent fort...
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...
Esther 8:14 couriers H7323 (H8801) rode H7392 (H8802) horses H7409 H327 out H3318 (H8804) hastened...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 8:10.] Posts on horseback. On horseback, on coursers, government coursers, the sons of the stud.—_Keil_. SENT LETTERS BY POSTS] This is one of many intimations in this book cal...
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...
1 Samuel 21:8; Daniel 8:2; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Esther 1:2; Esther 2:3;...