Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Esther 2:12
After that she had been, etc.] RV 'after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women, twelve months.'
After that she had been, etc.] RV 'after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women, twelve months.'
Verse 12. _SIX MONTHS WITH OIL OF MYRRH_] See on Esther 2:3. The reason of this purification seems not to be apprehended by any writer I have seen. The most beautiful of all the young virgins of all...
ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN. Ere long Ahasuerus longs for his lost queen's comradeship. He is moved to issue a summons throughout all his territories, commanding all fair maidens to appear as candidates for t...
FOR. Another _Parenthesis_. App-6. See note on Esther 1:7....
_after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women, twelve months_ More accurate than A.V. _after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women_. _sweet od...
C. Season of Preparation TEXT: Esther 2:12-14 12 Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve m...
_NOW WHEN EVERY MAID'S TURN WAS COME TO GO IN TO KING AHASUERUS, AFTER THAT SHE HAD BEEN TWELVE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE MANNER OF THE WOMEN, (FOR SO WERE THE DAYS OF THEIR PURIFICATIONS ACCOMPLISHED,...
2:12 manner (h-25) Lit.'law.'...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 V1 Later, when the king was not still angry, he thought about Vashti. He remembered what she had done. And he remembered the law that he h...
MANNER. — Translate, _law_ or _ordinance,_ as in Esther 1:8; Esther 1:15....
וּ בְ הַגִּ֡יעַ תֹּר֩ נַעֲרָ֨ה וְ נַעֲרָ֜ה
THE SERVICE OF A FOREIGNER Esther 2:1 Esther's Hebrew name meant Myrtle. It could not have been easy for her to retain her sweet simplicity amid the corruptions of her time, but her Persian name mean...
In this chapter we have a revelation of customs obtaining in the household of the king. We can read them with thankfulness that wherever the purifying forces of revealed religion have operated they ha...
Turn. This was rigidly observed, in that country, where polygamy prevailed, Genesis xxx. 16. (Herodotus iii. 69.) --- The wives were "shut up in separate apartments," (Just. i. 9.) in the remotest par...
(8) So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought als...
The Beauty Contest I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw Queen Vashti loose everything for refusing to come to the party when King Xerxes requested her presence! 1. Not only did she loose her crown a...
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 WHEN EVERY MAID'S TURN WAS COME TO GO IN TO KING AHASUERUS, AFTER THAT SHE HAD BEEN TWELVE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE MANNER OF WOMEN,.... That were prepared in the house of the women to be presente...
Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished,...
_According to the manner of the women_ Who were kept so long, partly for their better purification, as it here follows; partly out of state, as that which became so great a king; and partly that, bein...
Now, when every maid's turn was come to go in to King Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, as custom and etiquette demanded, (FOR SO WERE THE DAYS OF...
THE CHOICE OF VIRGINS FOR THE POSITION OF QUEEN...
ESTHER CHOSEN AS QUEEN (vv. 1-18) We read nothing more as to Vashti, whether she was simply banished from the king's court or killed. But it was four years before the king married a queen to take Va...
1-20 We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them...
ACCORDING TO THE MANNER OF THE WOMEN; who were kept so long, partly, for their better purification, as it here follows; partly, out of state, as that which became so great a king; and partly, that bei...
Esther 2:12 womans H5291 turn H8447 came H5060 (H8687) in H935 (H8800) King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 after...
CONTENTS: Esther made queen. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Mordecai, Esther, Hegai, Bigthan, Teresh, Shaashgaz. CONCLUSION: God sometimes raises up the poor out of the dust to set them among princes. Those...
Esther 2:3. _Gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace._ The polygamy we have hitherto seen is small in comparison of the indulgences of the Babylonian and Persian court. This...
_Whose name was Mordecai._ MORDECAI Providence opens avenues through which merit may attain elevation. I. Mordecai was kind to his orphan cousin. He brought her up, adopting her as his own daughter....
_And let the king appoint officers _ THE WEAK AND LOWLY Poor, helpless, feeble, may be the earthward aspect of true religion. Beggars shall be taken from the dunghill, to set them among princes. God...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:12 MYRRH. An expensive perfume obtained from trees native to Africa and southern Asia. CONCUBINES, the king’s mistresses, were housed separately (in the second harem
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:13. WHATSOEVER SHE DESIRED] In the way of jewels, ornaments, or dress. “No doubt,” says Rawlinson, “the virgins generally took the opportunity—one that would occur but once...
EXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS, AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI'S PLACE (Esther 2:1). Vashti having ceased to be queen,
And so, after these things, the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, and he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Then said the king's servant that ministered un...
1 Thessalonians 4:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; Isaiah 57:9; Luke 7:37;...