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Verse Esther 10:2. _THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF MEDIA AND PERSIA?_]
The Persians have ever been remarkable for keeping exact chronicles of
all public events. Their _Tareekhs_, which are compositions...
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AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI: THE CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 10
The three verses with which this book closes tell us of the greatness
of King Ahasuerus. Here also is the record of the increasing greatness
of Morde...
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ESTHER 10. CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK. The final chapter is a short
panegyric on Mordecai: he is praised as wise and kind, a man of high
importance in imperial affairs as well as beloved by all Jews. This...
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POWER. Hebrew. _tokeph._ See note on Esther 8:11....
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_in the book of the chronicles_ the official records. See on Esther
2:23. The formula may be imitated from the phraseology in 1 Kings
14:19; 1 Kings 14:29 etc.
3 _was next unto king Ahasuerus_ i.e. wa...
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Esther 10:1-3. Mordecai's greatness
The connexion of this short chapter with the rest of the Book is
obscure. It may be a fragment of some other work, which, owing to its
subject-matter, came to be a...
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XII. Postscript, Esther 10:1-3
TEXT: Esther 10:1-3
1
And the king Ashasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the
isles of the sea.
2
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the...
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_AND ALL THE ACTS OF HIS POWER AND OF HIS MIGHT, AND THE DECLARATION
OF THE GREATNESS OF MORDECAI, WHEREUNTO THE KING ADVANCED HIM, ARE
THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF M...
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THE GREATNESS OF MORDECAI
1. The isles of the sea] or, 'coast lands,' i.e. the countries
bordering on the Mediterranean. The description of the king's dominion
serves to enhance the glory of Mordecai...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 10
V1 King Xerxes made the people in all his *kingdom pay taxes.
V2 The kings of Media and Persia made official records. These records
incl...
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POWER. — The same word as that translated _authority_ in Esther
9:29....
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וְ כָל ־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה תָקְפֹּו֙ וּ
גְב֣וּרָתֹ֔ו ו
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THE FEAST OF PURIM
Esther 9:20; Esther 10:1
The Feast of Purim-so called from Esther 3:7 -was held on the 14th and
15th of Adar, our February. The whole of this book was read on the
previous evening...
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Here we have the last picture of this man Mordecai. It is a singularly
fine one. Whatever may have been questionable in some of the methods
he adopted with regard to Esther-and here we are not able to...
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_Second year, the same when Darius gave an edict for building the
temple, (1 Esdras iv.; Tirinus) and the year before the great feast,
(chap. i. 3.) when the Jews little thought of such danger hanging...
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(1) В¶ And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon
the isles of the sea. (2) And all the acts of his power and of his
might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereun...
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The Feast of Purim
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Esther 10:1 (NKJV) And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land
and [on] the islands of the sea.
Esther 10:2 Now all the acts of his power and his might, and...
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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 ALL THE ACTS OF HIS POWER, AND OF HIS MIGHT,.... As Xerxes was a
very mighty and powerful prince:
AND THE DECLARATION OF THE GREATNESS OF MORDECAI, WHEREUNTO THE KING
ADVANCED HIM; the history of...
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And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of
the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, [are] they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of...
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_All the acts of his power, and of his might, and of the greatness of
Mordecai_ These words signify, that as this king did great things, so
they were to be ascribed very much to the management of Mord...
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And all the acts of his power and of his might and the declaration of
the greatness of Mordecai whereunto the king advanced him, for the
power of Mordecai grew with that of his sovereign, whose grand...
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The Extent of Mordecai's Power....
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THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI
This remarkable book closes with the announcement of the greatness of
the Persian Empire as ruled over by King Ahasuerus.As with every other
kingdom of the nati...
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ADVANCED HIM:
_ Heb._ made him great...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Esther 10:2 acts H4639 power H8633 might H1369 account H6575 greatness
H1420 Mordecai H4782 king H4428 advanced H1
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CONTENTS: Mordecai made prime minister.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: Men of virtue and true piety may for a time seem to be
kept in obscurity, but often by the hand of God they are s...
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Esther 10:1. _Laid a tribute upon the land._ This was to prepare for
his great expedition, as some suppose, against Europe. But the heathen
historians, so materially contradicting one another, we cann...
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_And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land._
A GOOD GOVERNMENT
A good government--
I. Has a wise system of taxation.
II. Makes its power felt.
III. Places good men in office.
IV. Promo...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 10:2 THE CHRONICLES. See note on 6:1. MEDIA
AND PERSIA. See note on 1:2–3....
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CRITICAL NOTES.] AND THE KING AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND,
AND UPON THE ISLES OF THE SEA] Tribute—a levy,
tribute-service—means a tax levied, and for this reason that
tribute-service belong...
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EXPOSITION
CONCLUSION.—THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS, AND OF MORDECAI UNDER HIM
(Esther 10:1.). The Book of Esther might have been expected to
terminate with the institution of the Purim feast. All that...
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Now chapter 10 just deals with now the exalting of Mordecai. He was
made, more or less, prime minister over the Persian Empire. He was
given pretty much the office and the role that Haman had had. And...
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1 Kings 11:41; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 22:39; Daniel 2:48; Esther 2:23
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Chronicles, &c. — These are lost long since, and buried in oblivion,
while the sacred writings remain throughout the world. When the
kingdoms of men, monarchs and their monarchies are destroyed, and
t...