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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Esther 1:20,21

All the wives shall give to their husbands honour, &c. None will dare to disobey, when they hear that the greatness of the queen could not preserve her from such a heavy punishment. The saying pleased the king and the princes Partly because their own authority and interest were concerned in it; and especially by the singular providence of God, who designed to bring about his own great work by this small occasion.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DECREE PRESCRIPT. Only here and Ecclesiastes 8:11. IT IS GREAT: i.e. the decree is important. ALL THE WIVES SHALL GIVE. This is the first of the five _Acrostics_ (App-6), exhibiting in the initials...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _decree_ Heb. _pithgam_, a loan-word from Old Persian _patigâma_(_patigam, to come to, arrive_). It occurs in its Aramaic form (_pithgâmâ_) in Ezra 4:17; Ezra 5:7; Ezra 5:11. _kingdom_ The usual trans...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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]...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FOR IT IS GREAT] i.e. the decree is weighty and important....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַ מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר ־י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is (o) great), all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. (o) For...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • 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 WHEN THE KING'S DECREE WHICH HE SHALL MAKE SHALL BE PUBLISHED THROUGHOUT ALL HIS EMPIRE,.... As it was proper it should, since the report of the queen's deed would be made everywhere: FOR IT IS G...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. Ver. 20. An...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honor, both to great and small, the harsh mea...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 1:20 kings H4428 decree H6599 make H6213 (H8799) proclaimed H8085 (H8738) empire H4438 great H7227) wives...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _All the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small._ WIVES TO HONOUR THEIR HUSBANDS All the wives too are included, for they are all “to give honour to their husbands, both t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 3:1; Colossians 3:18; Deuteronomy 17:13; Deuteronomy 21:21;...

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