THE THIRD DAY. The beginning of. new life for Israel. See App-10. INNER COURT. All houses had courts;. palace had several. OVER AGAINST. right opposite. UPON HIS ROYAL THRONE. To transact business. GATE. porch, or entrance. Hebrew. _pethah._... [ Continue Reading ]
OBTAINED. won. Compare Esther 4:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGDOM. Put by Figure of speech _Metonomy_ (of Adjunct), for. year's revenue. Compare Mark 6:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE KING AND HAMAN COME THIS DAY. This is the second of the five _Acrostics_ (App-6) of the Divine name (App-4.) in this book. See App-60. The second pivot on which the history turns.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT IS THY PETITION? He must have seen that there was something behind the mere banquet. PETITION. question. REQUEST. wish.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO TO MORROW. She still keeps back her petition, showing the king that he had rightly divined that there was something important behind it.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD NOT UP. Notwithstanding the crisis reached; and well knowing the cause of it. MOVED. stirred. Only here, and Ecclesiastes 12:3. ZERESH HIS WIFE. By _Gematria =_ 507 (13-. 3). See note on Esther 9:10, also App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOLD. recounted. CHILDREN. sons. He had ten sons. See Esther 9:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS AVAILETH ME NOTHING. This is the third of the five Acrostics of this book, exhibiting the Divine names (App-4.) to the eye. See App-60. MORDECAI. The enmity was not merely personal, but religious; which is the worst form enmity can take.... [ Continue Reading ]
GALLOWS. tree: i.e.. stake to which. criminal was fastened till he died. The same word for cross. Compare Esther 2:23; Esther 7:9. and see Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39; Acts 13:29; 1 Peter 2:24. TO MORROW. There was no delay; but, quick as the action was, it was none too soon for its real usefulness.... [ Continue Reading ]