Verse Esther 3:7. _THE FIRST MONTH_] That is, of the _civil_ year of the Jews. _THE MONTH NISAN_] Answering to a part of our _March_ and _April_. _THE TWELFTH YEAR OF KING AHASUERUS_] According to t...
IN THE FIRST MONTH ... - i. e. in March or April of 474 B.C. “Pur” is supposed to be an old Persian word etymologically connected with the Latin “pars”, and signifying “part” or “lot.” The practice of...
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...
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...
THEY CAST. From 1st Nisan 46 2 Timothy 1 3th Adar 462. PUR. Persian for "lot". The reference is to "the monthly prognosticates" of Isaiah 47:13. This was to fix on. fortunate time. Compare Esther 9:2...
THEY CAST PUR, THAT IS, THE LOT— Haman, being determined to destroy Mordecai and the Jews, called together his diviners, to find out what day would be most lucky for his putting this design in executi...
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...
_IN THE FIRST MONTH, THAT 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 FROM MONTH TO MONTH, TO THE TWELFTH MONTH, THAT...
3:7 month, (d-32) Lit. 'from day to day, and from month to month.'...
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...
NISAN] i.e. March-April. The TWELFTH YEAR of Xerxes would be 474 b.c. THEY CAST PUR, etc.] i.e. early in the first month they cast lots for every day of the year to find out which day would be the mos...
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...
IN THE FIRST MONTH... THE TWELFTH YEAR. — In the March or April of 474 B.C. NISAN. — The later name of the month, known in the Pentateuch as Abib. In this month the Passover had been first instituted,...
בַּ † חֹ֤דֶשׁ הָ רִאשֹׁון֙ הוּא ־חֹ֣דֶשׁ...
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...
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...
In the first month, that [is], the month (c) Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the lot, (d) before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelft...
Lot. The Persians were much addicted to divination. The superstitious Aman, though he would appear a deity, was to be regulated by lots! Providence caused almost a whole year to intervene, before the...
(7) В¶ In the first month, that 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 from month to month, to the twelfth month...
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...
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...
IN THE FIRST MONTH, THAT IS THE MONTH NISAN,.... Which was the first month of the sacred year of the Jews, by divine appointment, Exodus 12:2, and there called Abib, and answers to part of February a...
In the first month, that [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 from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month...
_They cast Pur, that is, the lot_ “Haman, being determined to destroy Mordecai and the Jews, called together his diviners, to find out what day would be most lucky for his putting this design into exe...
HAMAN PLANS REVENGE AGAINST MORDECAI...
In the first month, that 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 from month to month, the court astrologers and ma...
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...
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...
The diviners cast lots, according to the custom of those ancient and eastern people, what day and what month would be most lucky, not for his success with the king, (of whose compliance with his reque...
Esther 3:7 first H7223 month H2320 month H2320 Nisan H5212 twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 King H4428 Ahasuerus...
FIRST MONTH That is, April; (Esther 3:12). TWELFTH MONTH That is, March; (Esther 3:13)....
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...
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...
_In the first month, they cast Pur, that is, the lot._ THE TIME OF THE LOT The drawing of the lot took place in the month Nisan, or about March of our year, and the day fixed by it was the thirteenth...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 3:7.] The first month Nisan corresponds nearly with our April. The twelfth month Adar with our March. An interval of eleven months. פּוּור is an old Persian word meaning lot (_...
EXPOSITION HAMAN CASTS LOTS TO OBTAIN A LUCKY DAY FOR HIS ENTERPRISE, AND OBTAINS A DAY IN THE MONTH ADAR, THE LAST MONTH OF
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...
Esther 1:3; Esther 2:16; Esther 9:1; Esther 9:17; Esther 9:21;...
They cast — The diviners cast lots, according to the custom of those people, what day, and what month would be most lucky, not for his success with the king (of which he made no doubt) but for the mos...