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Verse Esther 3:10. _THE KING TOOK HIS RING_] In this ring was no
doubt included his _privy seal_, and he gave this to Haman, that when
he had formed such a _decree_ as he thought fit, he might seal i...
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HAMAN AND HIS WICKED PLOT
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The promotion of Haman and Mordecai's faithfulness (Esther 3:1)_
2. Haman's proposal and the King's assent (Esther 3:7)
3. The proclamation of death (Esthe...
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ESTHER 3. HAMAN, TO AVENGE A SLIGHT PUT ON HIM BY MORDECAI, PERSUADES
THE KING TO ORDER A MASSACRE OF THE JEWS. The Grand Vizier Haman, Heb.
calls a descendant of that mysterious people, the Amalekite...
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THE JEWS' ENEMY. Haman so called four times: Esther 3:10; Esther 8:1;
Esther 9:10; Esther 9:24. No one else so called in Scripture....
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B. Subterfuge of Haman
TEXT: Esther 3:7-11
7
In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of
king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day
to day, and...
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_AND THE KING TOOK HIS RING FROM HIS HAND, AND GAVE IT UNTO HAMAN THE
SON OF HAMMEDATHA THE AGAGITE, THE JEWS' ENEMY._
The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman. There
was a seal o...
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3:10 enemy. (a-23) Or 'oppressor,' 'adversary.' _ Tzar_ , as ch.
7.4,6; see Exodus 23:22 , Psalms 8:2 ....
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HAMAN'S REVENGEFUL DESIGN AGAINST THE JEWS
1. The Agagite] It has been suggested that the name is an epithet
meant to recall the Amalekite Agag hewn in pieces by Samuel (1 Samuel
15:33), and intended...
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TOOK HIS RING] For the significance of this see Esther 8:8....
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 3
V1 Some time later, King Xerxes rewarded Haman. Haman was from the
family of Agag and his father was Hammedatha. The king gave more
author...
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וַ יָּ֧סַר הַ מֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶת
־טַבַּעְתֹּ֖ו מֵ
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RACE PREJUDICE BREEDS HATRED
Esther 3:1
Josephus says that Agagite means a descendant of Agag, the common name
for the kings of the Amalekites, Numbers 24:7. It is probably that
something of the natu...
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In this section we have a picture of the procedure of government in
the court of the king. Haman was promoted to supreme authority, and
the portrait of the man is naturally and vividly presented to
us...
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_Ring, to transfer his power to him, for the time, Genesis xli. 42.
Alexander gave his ring to Periccas, and was generally supposed thus
to designate him for his successor. (Justin. xii.) See 1 Machab...
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(10) And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. (11) And the king
said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people als...
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Haman Ancient Day Hitler
I. INTRODUCTION
A. So far in our study of Esther, we have seen Queen Vashti give up
her crown for not parading herself in front of the Kings drunken
friends.
1. Last week w...
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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...
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AND THE KING TOOK HIS RING FROM HIS HAND, AND GAVE IT UNTO HAMAN, THE
SON OF HAMMEDATHA THE AGAGITE, THE JEWS' ENEMY. As a token of his
affection for him, and a mark of honour to him; with the Persian...
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And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Ver. 10. _And the king took his ring from his hand_] And thereby gave
him power to...
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_And the king took his ring from his hand_, &c. Without any
examination into the condition of the people, he consented to their
destruction. So loath are men that love their pleasure to take any
pains...
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And the king, carried away with pleasure by the clever proposition of
Haman, TOOK HIS RING FROM HIS HAND, AND GAVE IT UNTO HAMAN, THE SON OF
HAMMEDATHA, THE AGAGITE, THE JEWS' ENEMY, this being a toke...
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THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE JEWS...
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HAMAN'S ADVANCEMENT AND CONSPIRACY
(vv. 1-15)
After this (though we are not told how long after) King Ahasuerus
promoted Haman, an Agagite, to a position above all the princes (v.
1).Agag had been t...
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ENEMY:
Or, oppressor...
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7-15 Without some acquaintance with the human heart, and the history
of mankind, we should not think that any prince could consent to a
dreadful proposal, so hurtful to himself. Let us be thankful fo...
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GAVE IT UNTO HAMAN; that he might keep it as a badge of his supreme
authority under the king, and that he might use it for the sealing of
this decree which now he desired, or of any other, as hereafte...
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Esther 3:10 king H4428 took H5493 (H8686) ring H2885 hand H3027 gave
H5414 (H8799) Haman H2001 son...
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CONTENTS: Conspiracy of Haman. The king's decree to destroy the Jews.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Haman, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: Though religion in no way stands in the way of good
manners, but teaches us t...
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Esther 3:1. _Haman the Agagite._ All the kings of Amalek received the
name of Agag. This man is thought, by most critics, to have been of
the seed- royal of that devoted nation, who bitterly hated the...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:1 Main Action. The plot to destroy the Jews
(Esther 3:1) is foiled by the courageous actions of Esther and
Mordecai ...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:10 SIGNET RING. A ring used to seal official
documents (Jeremiah 22:24). Haman is empowered to act with royal
authority....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 3:8.] The Jews were at this time a people scattered abroad.
From the fall of Samaria the tribes of Israel had become more and more
dispersed among the people in all the provinc...
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EXPOSITION
HAMAN CASTS LOTS TO OBTAIN A LUCKY DAY FOR HIS ENTERPRISE, AND OBTAINS
A DAY IN THE MONTH ADAR, THE LAST MONTH OF
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And as we get into Chapter 3,
After these things the king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all
the princes that were with him. And t...
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Esther 7:6; Esther 8:2; Esther 8:8; Genesis 41:42...