Esther 4:1
DONE. being done. BITTER CRY. Not (we may be sure) without confession and prayer, as with Nehemiah (Esther 1), and Daniel 9).... [ Continue Reading ]
DONE. being done. BITTER CRY. Not (we may be sure) without confession and prayer, as with Nehemiah (Esther 1), and Daniel 9).... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN. as far as.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENTS WORD. See note on Esther 1:12. DECREE. Imperial decree. Hebrew. _dath_. See notes on Esther 1:8; Esther 2:8. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), to emphasize the greatness and universality of the mourning. FASTING, &C. These were the accompaniments of true repentan... [ Continue Reading ]
MAIDS. See note on Esther 2:4. CHAMBERLAINS. eunuchs.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENT. charge. Hebrew. _zavah._ See Esther 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SUM OF THE MONEY. the exact sum of the money. Mordecai knew of this, but how we cannot tell. He evidently did not know that the king had made Harnan. present of it (Esther 3:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
LAW. Imperial decree. Hebrew. _dath_. See note on Esther 1:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDED. Hebrew. _'amar._ See note on Esther 1:10. THYSELF. thy soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENLARGEMENT. respite. WHO KNOWETH... ? Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), for emphasis. Used here of hope and trust in God and His overruling grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE DAYS, NIGHT OR DAY. The Jerusalem Talmud says "a day and night together make up. _nulctke-meron,_ and that any part of such period is counted as. whole". Compare 1 Samuel 30:12; 1 Samuel 30:13. Jon 1:17. Matthew 12:40. I PERISH. See note on Esther 3:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT HIS WAY. passed over: i.e. over the river Ulai, on which Shushan is built, to the Jewish quarter, to accomplish his part of the compact.... [ Continue Reading ]