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Esther 10:1-3

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 suddenly discovered to the world and caused to be preferred.

Key Word: Advanced, Esther 10:2.

Strong Verses: Esther 10:3.

Striking Facts: The book of Esther testifies to the secret watch-care of Jehovah over His dispersed people, Israel. The name of God nowhere occurs in the book, but in no other book of the Bible is His providence more evident.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER X _Ahasuerus lays a tribute on his dominions_, 1. _Mordecai's advancement under him_, 2. _His character_, 3. NOTES ON CHAP. X Verse Esther 10:1. _LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND_] On the o

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A TRIBUTE - Perhaps an allusion to some fresh arrangement of the tribute likely to have followed on the return of Xerxes from Greece. UPON THE ISLES OF THE SEA - Cyprus, Aradus, the island of Tyre, P...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ISLES. coasts....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _laid a tribute_ The word rendered -tribute" means everywhere else in Biblical Hebrew a body of forced labourers, or serfdom. We should therefore render here, _imposed forced labour_. The thought in t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND, &C.— 1:e. He laid a tax upon every part of his dominions, both on the continent and in the islands over which his power extended. By the _isles_ here mentioned,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE KING AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND, AND UPON THE ISLES OF THE SEA._ Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea, х_ Wª'IYEEY_ (H339) _ HAYAAM _ (H3220)]. T...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    X. (1) LAID A TRIBUTE. — The disastrous expedition to Greece must have taxed the resources of the empire to the utmost, and fresh tribute would therefore be requisite to fill the exhausted coffers. B...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּשֶׂם֩ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ _אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֧ושׁ_† ׀ מַ֛ס עַל

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Land. He conquered many countries on the continent, and several to which he could not come but by water, which the Jews call islands, whether they were surrounded on all sides by the sea or not. Hebre...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This very short chapter, being unconnected with the history of the church, seems to have been inserted here only to record the advancement of Mordecai, and the happy state of God's people un...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE KING AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE ON THE LAND, AND UPON THE ISLES OF THE SEA. Which include all his dominions, both on the continent, and on the sea, the Aegean sea; though Aben Ezra thinks it reg...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea. Ver. 1. _And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute, &c._] An extraordinary tribute to maintain war against the Grecia...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _King Ahasuerus, laid a tribute upon the land_ That is, he laid a tax upon every part of his dominions, both on the continent, and on the islands over which his power extended. By the isles here menti...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the King Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, a special tax exacted from all parts of his great empire, AND UPON THE ISLES OF THE SEA, as far as his influence extended....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Extent of Mordecai's Power....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ESTHER CHAPTER 10 Ahasuerus's greatness and Mordecai's advancement. i.e. Upon all his dominions, whether in thee main continent, or in the islands....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 10:1 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 imposed H7760 (H8799) tribute H4522 land H776 islands H339 sea H3220...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ISLES That is, coasts....

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 10:1 IMPOSED TAX. Reversing the (temporary) remission of Esther 2:18. If the COASTLANDS OF THE SEA are remote parts of Ah

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 11:18; Esther 1:1; Esther 8:9; Genesis 10:5; Isaiah 24:15;...

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