Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Esther 9:3
And officers of the king, Heb. and all them that did the king's business, i.e. not only the chief persons designed by the foregoing words, but all his other ministers or officers, of what quality soever.
And officers of the king, Heb. and all them that did the king's business, i.e. not only the chief persons designed by the foregoing words, but all his other ministers or officers, of what quality soever.
Verse Esther 9:3. _AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE PROVINCES_] Mordecai being raised to the highest confidence of the king, and to have authority over the whole realm, these officers assisted the Jews, no...
ALL THE RULERS ... HELPED THE JEWS - i. e. the Persians, who formed the standing army which kept the Empire in subjection, and were at the disposal of the various governors of provinces, took the Jews...
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ADAR AND THE FEAST OF PURIM CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The resistance and victory of the Jews (Esther 9:1)_ 2. Esther's petition (Esther 9:12) 3. The institution of Purim (Esther 9:17)...
THE JEWS SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES. Adar 13th, the dreadful day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were tho...
_they that did the king's business_ See on Esther 3:9....
Esther 9:1-10. Overthrow of the Jews" enemies The story, omitting the intermediate months of preparation, now passes to the date fixed by the decree for the Jews" overthrow....
X. Preservation of the Jews, Esther 9:1-19 A. Power TEXT: Esther 9:1-5 1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his de...
_AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE PROVINCES, AND THE LIEUTENANTS, AND THE DEPUTIES, AND OFFICERS OF THE KING, HELPED THE JEWS; BECAUSE THE FEAR OF MORDECAI FELL UPON THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses...
9:3 king, (a-18) Lit. 'the doers of the king's affairs.' see ch. 3.9....
THE JEWS SLAY THEIR ENEMIES. INSTITUTION OF PURIM 3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190 9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the Persian author...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 9 V1 The 13th day of the 12th month (the month called Adar) was the day to carry out the king’s law. This was the day when the enemies of t...
HELPED. — Literally, _lifted up._ The same Hebrew verb is rendered _furthered_ (Ezra 8:36)....
וְ כָל ־שָׂרֵ֨י הַ מְּדִינֹ֜ות וְ הָ
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
DELIVERANCE BY THE SWORD Esther 9:1 When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16, seventy-five thousand of their assailants fell i...
In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordecai...
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, (b) helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. (b) Honoured them and befriende...
_Extolled. Protestants, "helped." Septuagint, "the king's secretaries honoured the Jews." (Haydock)_...
(1) В¶ Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of...
The Feast of Purim I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw that even though the king had Haman killed on the gallows he built for Mordecai, the damage he had done to the Jews was still in motion! 1. Es...
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...
AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE PROVINCES, AND THE LIEUTENANTS, AND THE DEPUTIES, AND OFFICERS OF THE KING, BLESSED THE JEWS,.... Countenanced them and encouraged them, and gave them all assistance in their...
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. Ver. 3. And all the rulers of the p...
_All the rulers of the provinces, &c., and officers of the king_ Hebrews _and those that did the king's business;_ that is, not only the chief persons, signified by the foregoing words, but all the ki...
And all the rulers of the provinces, the national princes, AND THE LIEUTENANTS, the satraps of the larger divisions of the empire, AND THE DEPUTIES, the governors appointed by the king, AND OFFICERS O...
THE ENEMIES SLAIN...
THE JEWS VICTORIOUS (vv. 1-17) On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables were turned completely, for besi...
OFFICERS OF THE KING: _ Heb._ those which did the business that belonged to the King...
1-19 The enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them by the former edict. If they had attempted nothing against the people of God, they would not themselves have suffered. The Jews, acting toge...
Esther 9:3 officials H8269 provinces H4082 satraps H323 governors H6346 doing H6213 (H8802) H4399 kings H4428 helped...
CONTENTS: Vengeance executed; the Jews victorious. Feast of Purim instituted. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai. CONCLUSION: When we have received signal mercies from God, we should be quick t...
Esther 9:1. _The enemies of the Jews._ The Chaldean paraphrase says that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles which...
_The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities._ THE WISE CONDUCT OF THE JEWS The Jews acted-- 1. Wisely. They acted in unison. “They gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives....
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:1 THE JEWS... DID AS THEY PLEASED (v. Esther 9:5). They took full advantage of the opportunity to defeat their attackers, as they were allowed to do (s
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 9:2. FOR THE FEAR OF THEM FELL UPON ALL THE PEOPLE] A general terror spread from a feeling that the Jews were the special favourites of the most high God; and while this feelin...
EXPOSITION RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES, AND EFFECT A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM, BUT DO NOT LAY HAN
So, when this day came, there in the city of Shushan, there were five hundred men that were slain by the Jews (Esther 9:6). Men who were seeking the evil of the Jews. And so they were able to take th...
Daniel 3:2; Daniel 6:1; Daniel 6:2; Esther 3:12; Esther 3:2;...