Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Esther 1:6
Beds — For in those eastern countries, they did not then sit at tables as we do, but rested or leaned upon beds or couches.
Beds — For in those eastern countries, they did not then sit at tables as we do, but rested or leaned upon beds or couches.
Verse Esther 1:6. _WHITE, GREEN_, AND _BLUE_ HANGINGS] It was customary, on such occasions, not only to hang the place about with elegant curtains of the above colours, as Dr. Shaw and others have re...
Rather, “where was an awning of fine white cotton and violet.” White and blue (or violet) were the royal colors in Persia. Such awnings as are here described were very suitable to the pillared halls a...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS THE BANQUETS AND QUEEN VASHTI DISOWNED CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The first feast of the king (Esther 1:1)_ 2. The king's feast unto all the people (Esther 1:5) 3. The queen's feast...
ESTHER 1. THE ROYAL FEAST. VASHTI'S DISOBEDIENCE AND DEGRADATION. The opening words in MT (and it came to pass) are in good Heb style, which shows that an able scribe wrote here. But they prove that s...
BEDS. couches....
there were hangings of _white_cloth, of _green, and_of _blue_ marg. _fine_cloth, _white_(or _cotton) and blue_. The word translated -green" in the text is best rendered _cotton_, and is of Persian ori...
WHERE WERE WHITE, GREEN, AND BLUE HANGINGS— See Exodus 24:10. Dr. Shaw, after having said that the floors in the Levant are laid with painted tiles or plaister of terras, informs us in a note, that a...
I. Pageant of Xerxes, Esther 1:1-22 A. Display TEXT: Esther 1:1-8 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and s...
_WHERE WERE WHITE, GREEN, AND BLUE, HANGINGS, FASTENED WITH CORDS OF FINE LINEN AND PURPLE TO SILVER RINGS AND PILLARS OF MARBLE: THE BEDS WERE OF GOLD AND SILVER, UPON A PAVEMENT OF RED, AND BLUE, AN...
1:6 marble. (a-40) Or 'mother of pearl.'...
WHITE, GREEN, AND BLUE] Some take the second term to designate the 'material,' and render 'of white cotton and blue,' white and blue (or violet) being the Persian royal colours (href='190 8:15'>Est 8:...
THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DISGRACE OF QUEEN VASHTI 1. Ahasuerus] LXX has 'Artaxerxes,' but probably 'Xerxes,' the son of Darius Hystaspis, is meant, who succeeded his father in 485 b.c. INDIA.. ETHIOPIA]...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF ESTHER The events that the first chapter of the book of Esther describes happened about 483 BC (Before Christ). Over 100 years ea...
WHERE WERE WHITE.... — This should be [hangings of] “white cotton and blue.” The word translated “cotton” (Heb., ca_rpas_) occurs only here. Canon Rawlinson remarks that “white and blue (or violet) we...
ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּ תְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּ חַ
AHASUERUS AND VASHTI Esther 1:1 THE character of Ahasuerus illustrates the Nemesis of absolutism, by showing how unlimited power is crushed and dissolved beneath the weight of its own immensity. The...
VASHTI'S NOBLE REFUSAL Esther 1:1 The book opens with a royal festival, which lasted for six months, Esther 1:1. Perhaps the princes came up from their governments to partake of it in rotation. It fi...
The events recorded in the Book of Esther occurred between the completion of the Temple and the mission of Ezra (between Ezra 6:1; Ezr 7:1-28). In all likelihood the narrative, as we have it, was take...
[Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the (d) beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and...
Were. Protestants, " where were, " white, green, and blue hangings. --- Ivory. Hebrew, "silver." (Haydock) --- Beds, to lie down on at table; though sitting was formerly the fashion, Genesis xliii. 33...
(2) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, (3) In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his serv...
Introduction to Esther I. INTRODUCTION A. As we begin the book of Esther, it is appropriate to "set it up" by way of little history. 1. The book was written approximately 465 years before the birth...
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...
WHERE WERE WHITE, GREEN, AND BLUE HANGINGS,.... Or curtains of fine linen, as the Targum, which were of these several colours; the first letter of the word for "white" is larger than usual, to denote...
Esther 1:6 [Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of r...
_Where were white, green, and blue hangings_ Set up like tents. _The beds were of gold and silver_ On which they sat, or rather lay, at their meat. The beds themselves, it is probable, were of the sof...
where were white, green, and blue hangings, exquisite and costly tapestries of the finest linen and glistening, hyacinth-colored fabric, white and blue being the royal Persian colors, FASTENED WITH CO...
The King's Banquet...
THE FIRST FEAST OF THE KING (vv. 1-4) Ahasuerus was a name given to the chief king of Persia.The Ahasuerus of verse 1 is recorded in history as Xerxes 1. His empire extended over a very large area,...
BLUE: Or, violet RED, AND BLUE, AND WHITE, AND BLACK MARBLE: Or, of porphyre, and marble, and alabaster, and stone of blue color...
1-9 The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, w...
THE BEDS; for in those eastern countries and ancient times they did not sit at tables, as we do, but rested or leaned upon beds; of which we have many testimonies, both in Scripture, as Esther 7:8 Amo...
Esther 1:6 white H2353 blue H8504 linen H3768 fastened H270 (H8803) cords H2256 linen H948 purple H713 silver...
Esther 1:1 _(with Philippians 4:5)_ I. The book of Esther is to be held in everlasting remembrance, if only as showing to all ages and to all peoples how much the heavenly love and care concern thems...
CONTENTS: Ahasuerus' great feast and the story of Vashti. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Vashti, Memucan, Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena. CONCLUSION: Better is a dinner of herbs with q...
Esther 1:1. _From India even to Ethiopia._ Darius the Mede appointed one hundred and twenty governors. Hence it appears that this Ahasuérus, the Xerxes Longimanus of Herodotus, had enlarged his conque...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:1 Introduction. The author sets the scene for the main action by describing Queen Vashti’s downfall (Esther 1:1), her replacement by Esther ...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:6 NO COMPULSION. King Ahasuerus set aside the custom that everyone had to drink whenever the king drank. A separate FEAST FOR THE WOMEN was another departure from normal Persia...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 1:3. THE POWER OF PERSIA] The king’s body-guard. The princes, the pashas, or governors of those provinces. ESTHER 1:4. AN HUNDRED AND FOURSCORE DAYS] We are not obliged to con...
THE GREAT FEAST OF KING AHASUERUS AT SUSA, AND THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI EXPOSITION THE GREAT FEAST (Esther 1:1). Ki
Let us turn to the book of Esther for our study. The book of Esther is not in a chronological order in these books of history. If the book of Esther were placed in a chronological order, it would have...
Amos 2:8; Amos 6:4; Esther 7:8; Esther 8:15; Exodus 26:1;...
How could Esther participate in a pagan beauty contest? PROBLEM: It is evident that Esther was selected by God as His instrument to deliver Israel from evil at the appointed time (Esther 4:14). Howev...