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Verse Esther 6:9. _ONE OF THE KING'S MOST NOBLE PRINCES_] Alas, Poor
Haman! Never was the fable of the _dog and shadow_ more literally
fulfilled. Thou didst gape at the _shadow_, and didst lose the
_s...
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THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT AND MORDECAI'S EXALTATION
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The sleepless night (Esther 6:1)_
2. The exaltation of Mordecai (Esther 6:4)
3. Haman anticipates his doom (Esther 6:12)...
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ESTHER 6. HAMAN IS COMPELLED TO DO PUBLIC HONOUR TO MORDEEAI. Now
comes a dramatic scene. Providence is at work, and the clouds are
opening. In the night between Esther's two drinking-feasts, the king...
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ONE. a man. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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Esther 6:1-11. Mordecai's elevation
In this section we are shewn the strange concatenation of apparently
trivial circumstances which collectively have the effect of bestowing
the highest reward and m...
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B. Arrogance
TEXT: Esther 6:6-9
6
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto
the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his
heart, To whom would the kin...
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_AND LET THIS APPAREL AND HORSE BE DELIVERED TO THE HAND OF ONE OF THE
KING'S MOST NOBLE PRINCES, THAT THEY MAY ARRAY THE MAN WITHAL WHOM THE
KING DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR, AND BRING HIM ON HORSEBACK THRO...
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MORDECAI IS HONOURED
An account of how the king being reminded of Mordecai's services, and
wishing to reward him, consulted Haman, and how Haman, thinking
himself the object of the king's interest, c...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 6
V1 That night the king could not sleep. He ordered that someone
should bring the book of the official records of his rule. He ordered
tha...
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NOBLE. — See above, Esther 1:3, Note.
STREET. — See above, Esther 4:6, Note....
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וְ נָתֹ֨ון הַ לְּב֜וּשׁ וְ הַ סּ֗וּס
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GRATITUDE FOR A FORGOTTEN SERVICE
Esther 6:1
There was a divine providence in this royal sleeplessness. On the very
next night Haman would be hanging on the gallows, and it would be too
late for him...
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In the economy of God vast issues follow apparently trivial things. A
sleepless night is in itself transient and almost trivial. Yet it has
often been a time of revelation and surprise, affecting the...
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_Nobles. Literally, "tyrants." (Haydock) --- But this word was not
formerly odious; as it only denoted "a prince." Pars mihi pacis erit
dextram tetigisse tyranni. (Vigil, \'c6neid vii.) --- Abuse of p...
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(6) So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done
unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in
his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more t...
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Sleepless Nights
A man's definition of childish games = the ones at which your wife
beats you!
A young girl said to her pastor, "I'm afraid I've committed the sin of
vanity." To which the pastor rep...
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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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AND LET THIS APPAREL AND HORSE BE DELIVERED TO THE HAND OF ONE OF THE
KING'S MOST NOBLE PRINCES,.... The one,
THAT THEY MAY ARRAY THE MAN WITHAL WHOM THE KING DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR;
and the other to b...
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And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the
king's most noble princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom
the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback thr...
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and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the
king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the
king delighteth to honor, the prince acting as a servant in...
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THE KING ASKS HAMAN'S ADVICE...
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The same night that Haman had had a gallows made on which to hang
Mordecai, the Lord intervened in a most amazing way, causing the king
to be unable to sleep and moving him to have the book of records...
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BRING HIM ON HORSEBACK:
_ Heb._ cause him to ride...
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4-11 See how men's pride deceives them. The deceitfulness of our own
hearts appears in nothing more than in the conceit we have of
ourselves and our own performances: against which we should constant...
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PROCLAIM BEFORE HIM, i.e. cause this to be proclaimed, to wit, by some
public officer appointed for that service. Compare GENESIS 41:43....
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Esther 6:9 robe H3830 horse H5483 delivered H5414 (H8800) hand H3027
one H376 kings H4428 noble H6579 princes...
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CONTENTS: Haman compelled to exalt Mordecai.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Mordecai, Zeresh.
CONCLUSION: God's wisdom and grace is seen in the way He times the
means of deliverance for His p...
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Esther 6:1. _That night could not the king sleep,_ the reveries of his
mind being excited by guardian angels. See on Psalms 34:7. The LXX
read, “But the Lord moved the king that night by dreams.”
RE...
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_What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?_
PRIDE ASSOCIATED WITH FOLLY
1. In Haman honouring Mordecai we have a remarkable verification of
the fable of the dog and the shad...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 6:6 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE MAN... THE KING
DELIGHTS TO HONOR? Neither Ahasuerus nor Haman is aware of the irony
in the question. Haman’s response shows both the extent of his...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 6:6.] When the king had asked the question, Haman thought
within himself, TO WHOM WOULD THE KING DELIGHT TO DO HONOUR MORE THAN
TO MYSELF?] Going beyond me, more than myself.—...
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EXPOSITION
AHASUERUS, BEING WAKEFUL DURING THE NIGHT, HAS THE BOOK OF THE
CHRONICLES READ TO HIM, AND FINDS THAT MORDECAI HAS...
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Now that night king Ahasuerus couldn't go to sleep (Esther 6:1),
He's lying there restless. No doubt God was in the restlessness. And
so he said,
bring to me the chronicles [the history]; read to me...
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1 Kings 1:33; 1 Kings 1:34; Genesis 41:43; Zechariah 9:9...