Feasts on this extensive scale were not unusual in the East. Cyrus is said on one occasion to have feasted “all the Persians.” Even ordinarily, the later Persian monarchs entertained 15,000 persons at their table.
Verse Esther 1:5. _A FEAST UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE_] The first was a feast for the _nobles_ in general; this, for the _people_ of the city at large. _IN THE COURT OF THE GARDEN_] As the company was very...
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...
PALACE. house, or, large house....
_in the court of the garden_ See notes on Esther 1:2....
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...
_WHEN HE SHEWED THE RICHES OF HIS GLORIOUS KINGDOM AND THE HONOUR OF HIS EXCELLENT MAJESTY MANY DAYS, EVEN AN HUNDRED AND FOURSCORE DAYS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
ALL THE PEOPLE. — So we find Cyrus feasting “all the Persians” (Herod. i. 126)....
וּ בִ מְלֹ֣ואת ׀ הַ יָּמִ֣ים הָ אֵ֗לֶּה
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...
_Expired, (Feuardent) or in the last week. (Menochius) (Calmet) --- King. The Persian monarchs delighted in agriculture. Cyrus the younger, planted trees at Sardis, and never ate till he had taken som...
(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...
AND WHEN THESE DAYS WERE ENDED,.... The one hundred and eighty, in which the nobles, princes, and great men of the kingdom were feasted: THE KING MADE A FEAST UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT IN...
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's pal...
_Made a feast unto all the people in Shushan_ Not only to the inhabitants of Shushan, but to all that were then present in the city out of all parts of his dominions. _In the court of the garden of th...
The King's Banquet...
And when these days were expired, all the princes and rulers having been gained for his plans, THE KING MADE A FEAST UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT IN SHUSHAN, THE PALACE, the inhabitants in ge...
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,...
PRESENT: _ Heb._ found...
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...
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT; both such as constantly resided there, and such as were come thither upon their occasions, of whatsoever condition or quality. IN THE COURT OF THE GARDEN: the Persian...
Esther 1:5 days H3117 completed H4390 (H8800) king H4428 made H6213 (H8804) feast H4960 seven H7651 days...
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 1:4 The 180 DAYS were probably spent in festivities including lavish meals. THE CITADEL probably refers to the fortified palace complex. The feast lasting for seven days
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...
2 Chronicles 30:21; 2 Chronicles 7:8; 2 Chronicles 7:9...
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...