Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Esther 1:8
According to the law - An exception to the ordinary practice of compulsory drinking had been made on this occasion by the king’s order.
According to the law - An exception to the ordinary practice of compulsory drinking had been made on this occasion by the king’s order.
Verse Esther 1:8. _NONE DID COMPEL: FOR SO THE KING HAD APPOINTED_] Every person drank what he pleased; he was not obliged to take more than he had reason to think would do him good. Among the Greek...
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...
LAW. Heb, _dath =_ royal decree, or special mandate, as in verses: Esther 1:1; Esther 1:13; Esther 1:15; Esther 1:19;...
_according to the law_ rather, according to the direction given by the king for the occasion. The words which follow suggest that ordinarily hard drinking was enforced. Drunkenness was common among th...
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...
_AND THE DRINKING WAS ACCORDING TO THE LAW; NONE DID COMPEL: FOR SO THE KING HAD APPOINTED TO ALL THE OFFICERS OF HIS HOUSE, THAT THEY SHOULD DO ACCORDING TO EVERY MAN'S PLEASURE._ No JFB commentary...
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]...
ACCORDING TO THE LAW] i.e. according to the king's express command on this occasion; for it is implied that in general the drinking was regulated by the court officials, and the guests had to drink ju...
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...
LAW. — Rather _ordinance_ or _decree,_ that is, specially put forth for this occasion. What this means is shown by what follows, namely, that the king had issued special orders to allow all to do as t...
וְ הַ שְּׁתִיָּ֥ה כַ † דָּ֖ת אֵ֣ין...
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...
And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did (f) compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. (f) No one was...
Neither. Hebrew, "and the drinking was according to the law." Greek, "was not according to the pre-established law;" (Haydock) as the usual custom was altered, on this occasion; and thus both may be a...
(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 THE DRINKING WAS ACCORDING TO THE LAW, NONE DID COMPEL,.... According to the law Ahasuerus gave to his officers next mentioned, which was not to oblige any man to drink more than he chose; the Tar...
And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. Ver. 8. _And the d...
_The drinking was according to the law_ The Persians were at first, before they came to have such a great dominion, sober and temperate; but afterward they fell into the manner and luxury of the Medes...
And the drinking was according to the law, as the etiquette of the Persian court demanded; NONE DID COMPEL, there was no need of urging, all being ready to show their appreciation of the king's bounty...
The King's Banquet...
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,...
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...
ACCORDING TO THE LAW, none did compel, i.e. according to this law which the king had now made, that none should compel another to drink more than he pleased; which the Persians and other loose and hea...
Esther 1:8 law H1881 drinking H8360 compulsory H597 (H8802) king H4428 ordered H3245 (H8765) officers H7227 household...
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...
_In the third year of his reign, he made a feast._ THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST It was the third year of the reign of Xerxes. Now we know from the Greek historian Herodotus that in that very year Xerxes...
_And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel _ POLITICAL PRUDENCE It is not entirely, however, in moral recoil that sanction is thus given in law to the better practice. There is a to...
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 1:6 NO COMPULSION. King Ahasuerus set aside the custom that everyone had to drink whenever the king drank. A separate FEAST FOR THE WOMEN was another departure from normal Persia...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 1:7. ROYAL WINE] A very costly wine, called the Chalybonian wine, that the Persian kings used to drink. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:7 UNWISE LIBERALITY, BUT A...
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...
Habakkuk 2:15; Habakkuk 2:16; Jeremiah 35:8; Jeremiah 51:7; John 2:8...
The law — According to this law which the king had now made, that none should compel another to drink more than he pleased. How does this Heathen prince shame many, that are called Christians, who thi...
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...