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] India here means not the peninsula of Hindostan, but the region near the Indus: Ethiopia is the modern Nubia.
THE BOOK OF ESTHER Chronological Notes relative to this Book -Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3540. -Year before the birth of Christ, 460. -Year before the vulgar era of Chr...
AHASUERUS - . Xerxes, the son of Darius Hystaspis. His empire is rightly described as from India even unto Ethiopia. The satrapies of Darius Hystaspis reached 29 in number, and the nations under Xerxe...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS THE BANQUETS AND QUEEN VASHTI DISOWNED CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The first feast of the king (Esther 1:1)_ 2. The king's feast unto all the people (Esther 1:5) 3. The queen's feast...
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...
NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF. See important note of Rabbinical commentators on Genesis 14:1. AHASUERUS. the venerable king. An appellative, like Pharaoh, Czar, Shah, &c. See notes on p. 618 and...
Esther 1:1-9. The great feast given by Ahasuerus at Susa 1. _Now it came to pass_ Heb. _And it came to pass_. -And" is a strange word with which to begin a book. In the case of similar openings to oth...
IN THE DAYS OF AHASUERUS— Archbishop Usher is of opinion, that Darius Hystaspes was the king Ahasuerus who married Esther, that Atossa was the Vashti, and Artystona the Esther, of the Holy Scriptures;...
I. Pageant of Xerxes, Esther 1:1-22 A. Display TEXT: Esther 1:1-8 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and s...
_NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF AHASUERUS, (THIS IS AHASUERUS WHICH REIGNED, FROM INDIA EVEN UNTO ETHIOPIA, OVER AN HUNDRED AND SEVEN AND TWENTY PROVINCES:)_ Ahasuerus, х_ 'ACHASHWEEROWSH_ (H325)...
1:1 Ahasuerus (b-10) i.e. Xerxes, see Ezra 7:1 ....
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...
AHASUERUS. — Three persons are called by this name in the Old Testament — (1) the Ahasuerus of Daniel 9:1, the father of “Darius the Mede;” if, as is probable, this latter is the same with Astyages, A...
וַ יְהִ֖י בִּ ימֵ֣י אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֑ושׁ ה֣וּא אֲח
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...
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...
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...
Now it came to pass in the days of (a) Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an (b) hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) The Argument - Because of th...
In. Hebrew, "and in." In this manner the books of Scripture are usually connected. Septuagint place first the dream of Mardochai, chap. xi. 2. (Calmet) --- Assuerus. Septuagint Artaxerxes; as [in] cha...
CONTENTS This book opens with the history of a great feast made by the king of Persia to his high lords and captains. The queen being sent for to the banquet, refuseth to come. Esther 1:1 (1) В¶ No...
_THE BOOK OF ESTHER_ ‘Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus … that in those days … Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, … how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my...
Introduction to Esther I. INTRODUCTION A. As we begin the book of Esther, it is appropriate to "set it up" by way of little history. 1. The book was written approximately 465 years before the birth...
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...
NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF AHASUERUS,.... Who he was is not easy to say; almost all the kings of Persia are so named by one or another writer. He cannot be the Ahasuerus in Daniel 9:1, he was...
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) Ver. 1. _Now it came to pass in the...
_In the days of Ahasuerus_ Many suppose this king to have been Darius Hystaspes, for his kingdom was thus vast, and he subdued India, as Herodotus reports: and one of his wives was called Atossa, diff...
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, the great Persian king known in secular history as Xerxes, ( THIS IS AHASUERUS WHICH REIGNED FROM INDIA EVEN UNTO ETHIOPIA, over a large part of Asia and...
The King's Banquet...
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,...
1-9 The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, w...
ESTHER CHAPTER 1 Ahasuerus and Vashti make a royal banquet, ESTHER 1:1. He sends for Vashti, ESTHER 1:10. She refuseth to come, ESTHER 1:12. He consulteth his wise men about it,...
Esther 1:1 days H3117 Ahasuerus H325 Ahasuerus H325 reigned H4427 (H8802) hundred H3967 twenty-seven H7651 H6242 provinces
Esther 1:1 _(with Philippians 4:5)_ I. The book of Esther is to be held in everlasting remembrance, if only as showing to all ages and to all peoples how much the heavenly love and care concern thems...
Esther 1:1 ; ESTHER 8:4 I. Let us observe the outward stage of these events. In the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, the Persian court forms, as it were, the background of all the transactions of the histo...
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...
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...
_Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia)._ ARTAXERXES By almost universal acknowledgment now, the sovereign here referred to is A...
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 ...
PERSIAN SPLENDOUR CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 1:1. AHASUERUS] Heb. Ahashverosh. Prince, chief. A name given in Scripture to Cambyses, the son of Cyrus, and to Astyages, king of the Medes (Ezra 4:6; Danie...
THE GREAT FEAST OF KING AHASUERUS AT SUSA, AND THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI EXPOSITION THE GREAT FEAST (Esther 1:1). Ki
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...
Daniel 6:1; Daniel 9:1; Esther 8:9; Ezra 4:6; Ezra 6:14;...
Ahasuerus — Many suppose this to be Darius Hystapas, for his kingdom was thus vast, and he subdued India, as Herodotus reports: and one of his wives was called Atossa, differing little from Hadassah,...
How could Esther participate in a pagan beauty contest? PROBLEM: It is evident that Esther was selected by God as His instrument to deliver Israel from evil at the appointed time (Esther 4:14). Howev...