Afraid — And it was time for him to fear, when the queen was his prosecutor, the king his judge, his own conscience a witness against him. And the surprising turns of providence that very morning, could not but increase his fear.
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)...
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...
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...
_THEN THE KING AHASUERUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO ESTHER THE QUEEN, WHO IS HE, AND WHERE IS HE, THAT DURST PRESUME IN HIS HEART TO DO SO?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
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...
WAS AFRAID.... — Shrank back in terror before... See the use of the word in 1 Chronicles 21:30; Daniel 8:17....
וַ תֹּ֣אמֶר ־אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אִ֚ישׁ צַ֣ר וְ אֹויֵ֔ב
HAMAN Esther 3:1; Esther 5:9; Esther 7:5 HAMAN is the Judas of Israel. Not that his conduct or his place in history would bring him into comparison with the traitor apostle, for he was an open foe an...
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...
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...
_Astonished. Horror of a guilty conscience is the first punishment. (St. Chrysostom) (Worthington)_...
(6) And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. How delightful was this honest boldness. The righteous are bold as a lion. Thin...
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...
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 ESTHER SAID, THE ADVERSARY AND ENEMY IS THIS WICKED HAMAN,.... Who was not only an enemy to her and her people, but an adversary to the king, by advising and persuading him to that which was to th...
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. Ver. 6. _And Esther said_] Now she found her time to strike while the iron was ho...
_Esther said, The enemy is this wicked Haman_ It is he that has designed our murder, and I charge him with it before his face: here he is; let him speak for himself, for therefore he was invited. _The...
And Esther, now fully sure of her ground, SAID, THE ADVERSARY AND ENEMY IS THIS WICKED HAMAN. It was a moment of most dramatic intensity when Esther thus denounced the man who was filled with such enm...
ESTHER PLEADS FOR HER PEOPLE...
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...
THE ADVERSARY: _ Heb._ The man adversary BEFORE: Or, at the presence of...
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...
THE ADVERSARY AND ENEMY of the king, and of my person and people....
Esther 7:6 Esther H635 said H559 (H8799) adversary H376 H6862 enemy H341 (H8802) wicked H7451 Haman...
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...
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._...
_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...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 7:5. WHO IS HE] Ahasuerus could not really have doubted; but he affects to doubt, that he may express his anger at the act, apart from all personal considerations.—_Rawlinson_....
EXPOSITION AT THE SECOND BANQUET ESTHER DENOUNCES HAMAN, AND THE KING CONDEMNS HIM TO BE IMPALED ON THE CROSS PREPARED FOR HAM
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...
1 Corinthians 5:13; 1 Samuel 24:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Daniel 5:5;...