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Verse Esther 1:22. _THAT EVERY MAN SHOULD BEAR RULE IN HIS OWN
HOUSE_] Both God's law and common sense taught this from the
foundation of the world. And is it possible that this did not obtain
in the...
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HE SENT LETTERS - The Persian system of posts incidentally noticed in
the present book Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9, is in entire harmony with
the accounts of Herodotus and Xenophon.
INTO EVERY PROVINCE AC...
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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...
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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...
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_he sent letters into all the king's provinces_ There was an excellent
system of posts in Persia, which, according to Herodotus, was in full
working order in the time of Xerxes. See further on Esther...
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Vashti's disgrace
10. _he commanded Mehuman etc._ The names of the seven chamberlains,
or rather, eunuchs, who were sent to fetch Vashti, vary much in their
form in the LXX. and other versions. Their...
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C. Decree
TEXT: Esther 1:13-22
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Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was
the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;
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and the next unto him were Carshe...
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1:22 people. (a-45) i.e. 'should speak his own tongue.'...
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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]...
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ACCORDING TO THE WRITING THEREOF] i.e. the letters sent to the several
provinces were written in the characters and language that prevailed
in each. Many of the extant inscriptions of the Persian king...
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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...
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HE SENT LETTERS. — The Persian Empire was the first to possess a
postal system (see esp. Herod. vii. 98). The Greek word for
“compel,” in Matthew 5:41; Matthew 27:32, is simply a corruption
of the Per...
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וַ יִּשְׁלַ֤ח סְפָרִים֙ אֶל ־כָּל
־מְדִינֹ֣ות...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province
according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their
language, that every man should (p) bear rule in his own house,...
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REFLECTIONS
MY Soul! let some of the improvements this scripture furnisheth lead
thee to contemplate the sad state of man by the fall? What do we read
of this great king and his vast empire of good. W...
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(10) В¶ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry
with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha,
Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the pr...
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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...
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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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FOR HE SENT LETTERS UNTO ALL THE KING'S PROVINCES,.... The one hundred
and twenty seven provinces, Esther 1:1, which, according to the
Targum, were written and sealed with his own seal; which is very...
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For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province
according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their
language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and...
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_That it should be published according to the language of every
people_ That all sorts of persons, not men only, but women also, might
understand it, and therefore be inexcusable if they did not compl...
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Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment...
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for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province
according to the writing thereof, in its own script or characters, AND
TO EVERY PEOPLE AFTER THEIR LANGUAGE, this feature of comm...
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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,...
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THAT IT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE LANGUAGE OF EVERY PEOPLE:
_ Heb._ that one should publish it according to the language of his
people...
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10-22 Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons
of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be
careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But whe...
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That all sorts of persons, not men only, (who by study or travel many
times understand divers languages,) but the women also, might
understand it, and therefore be inexcusable if they did not comply
w...
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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...
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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...
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_And Memucan answered before the king._
HASTY COUNSELLORS
If they had been wise, as counsellors ought to be, they would have
been in no haste to give judgment in a matter so important as that
which w...
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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 ...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:21 SPEAK ACCORDING TO THE LANGUAGE OF HIS
PEOPLE. This command is probably intended to ensure that all family
members everywhere understand the edict....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 1:22. ACCORDING TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE] Obscure. The
native tongue of the head of the house to be used in the family.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:21
VA...
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EXPOSITION
THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI (Esther 1:10).
On the seventh day of the feast "to all in Shushan" (Esther 1:5), the
king having excited himself with drink, took it into his head to send
a message...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 14:19; 1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Timothy 2:12; Acts 2:5;...