Shushan was perplexed - Susa was now the capital of Persia, and the main residence of the Persians of high rank. These, being attached to the religion of Zoroaster, would naturally sympathize with the Jews, and be disturbed at their threatened destruction. Even apart from this bond of union, the decree was sufficiently strange and ominous to “perplex” thoughtful citizens.
Verse Esther 3:15. _THE POSTS_] Literally, the _couriers_, the _hircarrahs_, those who carried the public despatches; a species of public functionaries, who have been in use in all nations of the worl...
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...
COMMANDMENT. word. Hebrew. _dabar._ See note on Esther 1:12. DECREE. Hebrew. _dath._ See notes on Esther 1:8; Esther 2:8. SAT DOWN TO DRINK. So Joseph's brethren ...
_went forth in haste_ Haman fearing lest the king should change his mind and forbid the decree to be published. _the king and Haman sat down to drink_ We are reminded of Gloucester's words to Bucking...
BUT THE CITY SHUSHAN WAS PERPLEXED— Not only the Jews, but a great many others in Shushan, might be concerned at this horrid decree, either because they were engaged with them in worldly concerns, or...
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...
Was perplexed] i.e. at the magnitude and arbitrary character of the contemplated massacre....
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...
PERPLEXED. — The inhabitants of the capital were puzzled and alarmed, as well they might be, at so marvellously reckless an order. Their sympathies, too, were clearly with the Jews and against Haman....
הָֽ רָצִ֞ים יָצְא֤וּ דְחוּפִים֙ בִּ דְבַ֣ר הַ
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...
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the (g) city Shushan was perplexed. (g) Tha...
_Jews. Hebrew, "but the city of Susan was in perplexity." Greek, "troubled." (Calmet) --- Even the pagans could not view such a cruel decree, without horror. (Haydock)_...
(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...
REFLECTIONS IF we anticipate the history of this memorable event, as the sacred writer hath in the subsequent Chapter s given it, we shall not only derive a most blessed lesson, how to wait the LORD'S...
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...
THE POST WENT OUT, BEING HASTENED BY THE KING'S COMMAND,.... Both to set out and make as much dispatch as possible: AND THE DECREE WAS GIVEN IN SHUSHAN THE PALACE; by the king, and with the advice of...
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. Ver. 15. Th...
_The copy of the writing to be given in every province_ Copies of this original decree of the king were sent into every province, and there ordered to be published, requiring the people to be ready ag...
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan, the palace, issued from this residence of the king. AND THE KING AND HAMAN SAT DOWN TO DRINK, to indu...
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...
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...
BY THE KING'S COMMANDMENT; either by this decree made in the king's name, or by some particular and succeeding command, which Haman could easily obtain from the king. THE CITY SHUSHAN WAS PERPLEXED; n...
Esther 3:15 couriers H7323 (H8801) out H3318 (H8804) hastened H1765 (H8803) kings H4428 command H1697 decree...
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...
_And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed._ SOCIETY BROKEN INTO SECTIONS Alas! how society is broken up into sections--one part caring little for another that is c...
_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 3:15 SAT DOWN TO DRINK. Haman and the king callously celebrate the forthcoming massacre. BUT... SUSA WAS THROWN INTO CONFUSION. This shows that many of Susa’s citizens did not sh...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 3:15.] נָביֹכָה primarily does not mean that it was _distressed_ by terror or sorrow, but that it was _perplexed_, did not know what to think of such a terrible command. The re...
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...
Amos 6:6; Esther 4:16; Esther 8:15; Hosea 7:5; John 16:20;...
The city — Not only the Jews, but a great number of the citizens, either because they were related to them, or engaged with them in worldly concerns; or out of humanity and compassion toward so vast a...