On the thirteenth day - Haman had, apparently (compare Esther 3:7 with Esther 3:13), obtained by his use of the lot the 13th day of Adar as the lucky day for destroying the Jews. This may have caused him to fix on the 13th day of another month for the commencement of his enterprise. So, the Jews throughout the empire had from 9 to 11 months of warning of the peril which threatened them.
Verse 12. _UNTO THE KING'S LIEUTENANTS_] אחשדרפני _achashdarpeney_. This is in all probability another _Persian_ word, for there is nothing like it in the _Hebrew_ language, nor can it be fairly dedu...
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...
THE THIRTEENTH DAY. Ominous number. See App-10. Note the three thirteens: Esther 3:12; Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12....
_scribes secretaries_, such as attended Xerxes in his expedition against Greece. [70] [70] Herodotus says that "seated beneath a golden awning [in a Sidonian galley] he sailed along the prows of all...
C. Sentence of Xerxes TEXT: Esther 3:12-15 12 Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto...
_THEN WERE THE KING'S SCRIBES CALLED ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, AND THERE WAS WRITTEN ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HAMAN HAD COMMANDED UNTO THE KING'S LIEUTENANTS, AND TO THE GOVERNORS THAT WE...
3:12 governors (b-35) Or 'pachas.' so chs. 8.9; 9.3....
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH] Eleven months were thus to elapse between the issue of the decree and its execution. LIEUTENANTS] lit. 'satraps,' of whom, according to Herodotus, there were tw...
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...
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...
ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH. — From the next verse we see that the thirteenth of Adar was to be the lucky day for Haman’s purpose, which may have suggested the thirteenth of Nisan as a su...
וַ יִּקָּרְאוּ֩ סֹפְרֵ֨י הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ בַּ †...
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...
_Lieutenants. Literally, "satraps." Hebrew achashdarpene, "courtiers," (Haydock) or those who are int he presence of his majesty, or porters. (Calmet) --- They were entrusted with the care of the diff...
(12) Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors tha...
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...
THEN WERE THE KING'S SCRIBES CALLED, ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH,.... The month Nisan, Esther 3:7, after Haman had leave and power from the king to destroy the Jews, and his ring given hi...
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that [we...
_Then were the king's scribes called_ This he did so speedily, though it was a year before the intended execution, lest the king should change his mind, either through his own clemency, or the persuas...
Then were the king's scribes called, the secretaries who were always in attendance upon him, ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, for Haman lost no time after deciding upon his plans, AND THERE W...
THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE JEWS...
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...
SCRIBES: Or, secretaries...
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...
THEN WERE THE KING'S SCRIBES CALLED: this he did so speedily, though it was a year before the intended execution, lest the king should change his mind, either by his own clemency, or by the persuasion...
Esther 3:12 kings H4428 scribes H5608 (H8802) called H7121 (H8735) thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 first...
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...
_Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day._ FRUITLESS PREPARATIONS I. Here is unseemly haste. II. Here are inconsistent precursory measures. Wickedness renders a man inconsistent....
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:1 Main Action. The plot to destroy the Jews (Esther 3:1) is foiled by the courageous actions of Esther and Mordecai ...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:12 THE FIRST MONTH. Presumably of the following (13th) year of Ahasuerus’s reign (see v. Esther 3:7). the twelfth month
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 3:12.] The scribes of Xerxes are mentioned more than once by Herodotus. They appear to have been in constant attendance on the monarch, ready to indite his edicts, or to note d...
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...
1 Kings 21:8; Daniel 6:12; Daniel 6:15; Daniel 6:8; Esther 1:22;...