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THE BOOK OF ESTHER
Chronological Notes relative to this Book
-Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3540.
-Year before the birth of Christ, 460.
-Year before the vulgar era of Chr...
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AHASUERUS - . Xerxes, the son of Darius Hystaspis. His empire is
rightly described as from India even unto Ethiopia. The satrapies of
Darius Hystaspis reached 29 in number, and the nations under Xerxe...
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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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NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF. See important note of Rabbinical
commentators on Genesis 14:1.
AHASUERUS. the venerable king. An appellative, like Pharaoh, Czar,
Shah, &c. See notes on p. 618 and...
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Esther 1:1-9. The great feast given by Ahasuerus at Susa
1. _Now it came to pass_ Heb. _And it came to pass_. -And" is a
strange word with which to begin a book. In the case of similar
openings to oth...
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IN THE DAYS OF AHASUERUS— Archbishop Usher is of opinion, that
Darius Hystaspes was the king Ahasuerus who married Esther, that
Atossa was the Vashti, and Artystona the Esther, of the Holy
Scriptures;...
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I. Pageant of Xerxes, Esther 1:1-22
A. Display
TEXT: Esther 1:1-8
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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...
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_NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF AHASUERUS, (THIS IS AHASUERUS
WHICH REIGNED, FROM INDIA EVEN UNTO ETHIOPIA, OVER AN HUNDRED AND
SEVEN AND TWENTY PROVINCES:)_
Ahasuerus, х_ 'ACHASHWEEROWSH_ (H325)...
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1:1 Ahasuerus (b-10) i.e. Xerxes, see Ezra 7:1 ....
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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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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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AHASUERUS. — Three persons are called by this name in the Old
Testament — (1) the Ahasuerus of Daniel 9:1, the father of “Darius
the Mede;” if, as is probable, this latter is the same with
Astyages, A...
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וַ יְהִ֖י בִּ ימֵ֣י אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֑ושׁ
ה֣וּא אֲח
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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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Now it came to pass in the days of (a) Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus
which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an (b) hundred
and seven and twenty provinces:)
The Argument - Because of th...
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In. Hebrew, "and in." In this manner the books of Scripture are
usually connected. Septuagint place first the dream of Mardochai,
chap. xi. 2. (Calmet) --- Assuerus. Septuagint Artaxerxes; as [in]
cha...
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CONTENTS
This book opens with the history of a great feast made by the king of
Persia to his high lords and captains. The queen being sent for to the
banquet, refuseth to come.
Esther 1:1
(1) В¶ No...
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_THE BOOK OF ESTHER_
‘Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus … that in those days
… Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, … how can I
endure to see the evil that shall come unto my...
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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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NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF AHASUERUS,.... Who he was is not
easy to say; almost all the kings of Persia are so named by one or
another writer. He cannot be the Ahasuerus in Daniel 9:1, he was...
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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus
which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and
seven and twenty provinces:)
Ver. 1. _Now it came to pass in the...
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_In the days of Ahasuerus_ Many suppose this king to have been Darius
Hystaspes, for his kingdom was thus vast, and he subdued India, as
Herodotus reports: and one of his wives was called Atossa, diff...
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The King's Banquet...
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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, the great Persian king
known in secular history as Xerxes, ( THIS IS AHASUERUS WHICH REIGNED
FROM INDIA EVEN UNTO ETHIOPIA, over a large part of Asia and...
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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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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...
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ESTHER CHAPTER 1
Ahasuerus and Vashti make a royal banquet, ESTHER 1:1. He sends for
Vashti, ESTHER 1:10. She refuseth to come, ESTHER 1:12. He consulteth
his wise men about it,...
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Esther 1:1 days H3117 Ahasuerus H325 Ahasuerus H325 reigned H4427
(H8802) hundred H3967 twenty-seven H7651 H6242 provinces
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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...
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Esther 1:1 ; ESTHER 8:4
I. Let us observe the outward stage of these events. In the books of
Ezra and Nehemiah, the Persian court forms, as it were, the background
of all the transactions of the histo...
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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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_Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus which
reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia)._
ARTAXERXES
By almost universal acknowledgment now, the sovereign here referred to
is A...
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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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PERSIAN SPLENDOUR
CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 1:1. AHASUERUS] Heb. Ahashverosh. Prince, chief. A name given
in Scripture to Cambyses, the son of Cyrus, and to Astyages, king of
the Medes (Ezra 4:6; Danie...
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THE GREAT FEAST OF KING AHASUERUS AT SUSA, AND THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI
EXPOSITION
THE GREAT FEAST (Esther 1:1). Ki
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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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Daniel 6:1; Daniel 9:1; Esther 8:9; Ezra 4:6; Ezra 6:14;...
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Ahasuerus — Many suppose this to be Darius Hystapas, for his kingdom
was thus vast, and he subdued India, as Herodotus reports: and one of
his wives was called Atossa, differing little from Hadassah,...
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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...