AFTER THESE THINGS. Hainan was not made Grand Vizier till five years later. See Esther 3:7. AHASUERUS. See note on Esther 1:1. AGAGITE.. descendant of Amalekite kings (Numbers 24:7; 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Samuel 15:32). Called an Amalekite by Josephus (_Antiquities_ xi. 6, 5).... [ Continue Reading ]
GATE. lofty porch. Hebrew. _sha'ar._ See note on Esther 2:21. BOWED. Hebrew. _kara', Kara'_, used of idols (1 Kings 19:18; 2 Chronicles 29:29). _Shahah_ is the word used of bowing to kings and others. COMMANDED. appointed or charged. Hebrew. _zavah._ MORDECAI. See note on Esther 2:5. BOWED NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAMAN SOUGHT. Another assault of Satan against the nation through whom the Seed of the woman was to come. See App-23.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY CAST. From 1st Nisan 46 2 Timothy 1 3th Adar 462. PUR. Persian for "lot". The reference is to "the monthly prognosticates" of Isaiah 47:13. This was to fix on. fortunate time. Compare Esther 9:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAMAN SAID. Having got the month and the day (the thirteenth, see Esther 3:13, compare App-10), he could go to the king, THERE IS. CERTAIN PEOPLE. Would it have been necessary for Haman thus to have explained and described the Jews, if they had already received their emancipation? Impossible! We ar... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JEWS' ENEMY. Haman so called four times: Esther 3:10; Esther 8:1; Esther 9:10; Esther 9:24. No one else so called in Scripture.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE ALSO. This was the aim of the great enemy, who was using Haman as he had tried to use Pharaoh in Egypt. See App-23.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRTEENTH DAY. Ominous number. See App-10. Note the three thirteens: Esther 3:12; Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
POSTS. the hand of the runners. Compare Esther 8:10. DESTROY... KILL... CAUSE TO PERISH. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_, to emphasize the utter destruction contemplated. PERISH. Hebrew. _'abad._ Here and Esther 4:16; Esther 7:4; Esther 8:11, not Esther 9:28. TAKE THE SPOIL. See note on Est... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENT. Imperial decree. Hebrew. _dath._ See note on Esther 2:8. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENT. word. Hebrew. _dabar._ See note on Esther 1:12. DECREE. Hebrew. _dath._ See notes on Esther 1:8; Esther 2:8. SAT DOWN TO DRINK. So Joseph's brethren (Genesis 37:25), and Herod (Matthew 14:6; Mark 6:21). So will it be (Revelation 11:7). THE CITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of... [ Continue Reading ]