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Esther 5:14

ESTHER—NOTE ON Esther 5:14 There was a gallows in Esther 2:23 but this is different one, built especially for hanging Mordecai. Its enormous height (75 feet/23 m) is probably intended to make a public spectacle of Mordecai. tell the king. Zeresh assumes that Haman’s influence is now so great that he can virtually order the king to hang Mordecai.

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See also Esther 5:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Esther 5:14. _LET A GALLOWS BE MADE OF FIFTY CUBITS HIGH_] The word עץ _ets_, which we translate _gallows_, signifies simply _wood_, a _tree_, or _pole_; and this was to be _seventy-five_ feet...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A gallows, in the ordinary sense, is scarcely intended, since hanging was not a Persian punishment. The intention, no doubt, was to crucify (see the Esther 2:23 note) or impale Mordecai; and the pale...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ESTHER AND THE KING AND HAMAN'S DELUSION CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Esther before the king and her request (Esther 5:1)_ 2. Haman's delusion (Esther 5:9) Esther 5:1. On the third day Esther put on her royal ap...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER 5. ESTHER OBTAINS THE KING'S FAVOUR AND INVITES HIM WITH HAMAN TO A BANQUET. Haman's Elation is DASHED BY VEXATION AT MORDECAI'S REFUSAL TO HONOUR HIM. In Esther 5:1 to Esther 8:3 we read how t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GALLOWS. tree: i.e.. stake to which. criminal was fastened till he died. The same word for cross. Compare Esther 2:23; Esther 7:9. and see Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Let a gallows be made_ Heb. _tree_. See Esther 2:23. -Fifty cubits" is a hyperbolical expression meaning exceedingly high. The cubit at this time was probably equal to six handbreadths, and thus appr...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Haman's proposed vengeance upon Mordecai The greater Haman's excitement and exultation at having reached the highest pinnacle of dignity attainable by a subject, the more did Mordecai's conduct rankl...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE THING PLEASED HAMAN, AND HE CAUSED THE GALLOWS TO BE MADE— This gallows was to be fifty feet high, that men might at a greater distance see the object of Haman's indignation, to the increase of Mo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Depravity TEXT: Esther 5:14 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be h...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:14 gallows (a-14) gallows (a-55) Lit. 'tree,' as ch. 2.23. so elsewhere....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER'S PETITION TO THE KING An account of how Esther, being favourably received by the king, invited him, together with Haman, to a banquet whereat she promised to make known her petition, and how...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A GALLOWS] lit. 'a tree' (or 'stake')....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 On the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing. She stood in the inner yard of the king’s palace. This yard was in front of the ki...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    GALLOWS. — Literally, _tree;_ the Hebrew word, as well as the corresponding Greek word used by the LXX., standing both for the living tree and the artificial structure. Doubtless the punishment intend...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תֹּ֣אמֶר לֹו֩ זֶ֨רֶשׁ אִשְׁתֹּ֜ו וְ כָל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    HATRED BREEDS CRIME Esther 5:1 Thus the soul clad in the royal garments of Christ's righteousness stands in the throne-room with its request. It has already obtained favor, for has it not been accept...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the story of Esther's venture and its success. Things might have been very different, but the graciousness of the king, notwithstanding Esther's violation of the law of the palace, was un...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty (g) cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merr...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _High. This was to increase the shame. Hence Galba condemned a Roman citizen to be hung on a high white cross. (Suetonius ix.) --- The Jews formerly burned a man in effigy with a cross, pretending to...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (14) Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merr...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    Grace Given I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we heard Mordecai say what is considered the most famous verse from the book of Esther: Esther 4:14 (NKJV) "For if you remain completely silent at this time,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID ZERESH HIS WIFE, AND ALL HIS FRIENDS, UNTO HIM,.... His wife very probably first moved it, and all his friends present approved of it and united in it: LET A GALLOWS BE MADE, OF FIFTY CUBIT...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends_ They saw how gladly he would dispense with his own resolution, of deferring the slaughter till the time determined by the lot, and therefore advise him...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubit high, the great height serving to emphasize the execution and its disgrace, AND TOMORROW SPEAK THOU UNTO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Haman's Fatuous Security...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER'S BANQUET (vv. 1-8) After the three days of fasting, Esther's courage enabled her to enter the inner court of the king's palace, clothed in her royal robes. The king was sitting on his throne...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GALLOWS: _ Heb._ tree...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-14 This account of Haman is a comment upon Proverbs 21:24. Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers. Haman, the higher he is lifted up, the more impatient he is of contempt, and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FIFTY CUBITS HIGH; that it might be more conspicuous to all, and thereby be more disgraceful to Mordecai, and strike all Haman's enemies with the great dread of despising or opposing him....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 5:14 wife H802 Zeresh H2238 friends H157 (H8802) said H559 (H8799) gallows H6086 made H6213 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Esther's courage in proceeding to obtain favor. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Mordecai, Zeresh. CONCLUSION: If we have had power with God in prayer we shall find favor with men in...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Esther 5:1. On _the third day,_ of the fast: Esther 4:16. Esther 5:3. _To the half of the kingdom._ This was a word of grace after the manner of kings. So Herod said to Herodias when she had pleased h...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends._ BAD ADVICE If a proud man make his complaint to you of his unhappiness, you but make him more unhappy if you advise him to gratify his pride by unreas...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel _ THERE IS NOTHING STATIONARY “Now it came to pass. ” These words call for special notice in a book which strikingly illus...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 5:14. THEN SAID ZERESH HIS WIFE AND ALL HIS FRIENDS UNTO HIM, &C.] The name Zeresh is probably connected with Zered Zara, “gold.” Compare the Greek _chrysis_.—_Rawlinson_. Zere...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION HAMAN, EXULTING AT THESE SIGNS OF ROYAL FAVOUR, IS THE MORE EXASPERATED AT MORDECAI'S CONTEMPT OF HIM. AT THE BIDDING...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and she stood in the inner court of the king's house: and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal house. And i...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 21:7; 2 Chronicles 22:3; 2 Chronicles 22:4;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Fifty cubits — That it may be more conspicuous to all, and thereby be more disgraceful to Mordecai, and strike all Haman's enemies with a greater dread of despising or opposing him....

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