If it please the king Which this cunning politician knew it would do. That it be not altered Which caution was necessary for his own security, lest the king's anger should cool, and the queen should recover her former state, and the king's favour, in which case this lord would, most likely, have fallen under his displeasure: but the order being once registered as a law of the kingdom, the king could not alter his decree without disgracing himself.
Verse Esther 1:19. _THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED_] Let it be inserted among the _permanent laws_, and made a part of the _constitution_ of the empire. Perhaps the Persians affected such a degree of _wisdom...
THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED - Compare the margin reference. This was the theory. Practically, the monarch, if he chose, could always dispense with the law. It was therefore quite within his power to restor...
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...
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...
NOT ALTERED. Compare Daniel 6:8....
_If it please the king_ a standing formula in proposing royal decrees. So often in this book: cp. Nehemiah 2:5. _a royal commandment_ lit. _a commandment of the kingdom_, i.e. an edict which, though d...
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...
C. Decree TEXT: Esther 1:13-22 13 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; 14 and the next unto him were Carshe...
THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED] cp. Daniel 6:8. Any command written in the king's name and sealed with his ring was similarly irrevocable....
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]...
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...
THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED. — Literally, _that it pass not away._ The order having been committed to writing was, in theory at any rate, immutable. The best illustration is the well-known case of Daniel;...
אִם ־עַל ־הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ טֹ֗וב יֵצֵ֤א דְבַר
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...
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...
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...
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come (n) no more before king A...
_Altered. This regarded the more solemn acts, signed by the counsellors, Daniel vi. 17. (Grotius) --- Some decrees were neglected or changed, chap. viii. 9., and 1 Esdras iv. 5, 21., and vi. 1. (Calme...
(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...
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...
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...
IF IT PLEASE THE KING, LET THERE GO A ROYAL COMMANDMENT FROM HIM,.... Not only a proclamation made, but a law enacted and published by royal authority: AND LET IT BE WRITTEN AMONG THE LAWS OF THE PER...
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasu...
Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment...
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, a special order, or decree, with special reference to this occurrence, AND LET IT BE WRITTEN AMONG THE LAWS OF THE PERSIANS AND THE ME...
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,...
IF IT PLEASE THE KING: _ Heb._ if it be good with the king FROM HIM: _ Heb._ from before him THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED: _ Heb._ that it pass not away UNTO ANOTHER: _ Heb._ unto her companion...
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...
IF IT PLEASE THE KING, which this cunning politician knew it would do. THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED; which caution was necessary for his own security; for if the queen should recover her state and the king'...
Esther 1:19 pleases H2895 (H8804) king H4428 royal H4438 decree H1697 go H3318 (H8799) from H6440 recorded...
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...
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...
_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...
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 ...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:19 The Persian king’s laws, once WRITTEN, MAY NOT BE REPEALED (see Daniel 6:8). This could cause complications if
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:16 COURTIERS FORSAKE A FAILING CAUSE It is not here asserted that this is a characteristic of courtiers, which may not be observed in other men; for it is a...
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...
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...
1 Kings 3:28; 1 Samuel 15:28; Daniel 6:17; Daniel 6:8; Esther 8:8;...