In vessels of gold. — This shows the immense treasures in the hand of the Persian king, when the whole population of Susa could be thus accommodated.
Royal wine. — Perhaps wine of Helbon (Ezekiel 27:18); the original seems to imply more than merely wine from the royal cellars: as the king was feasting his people, it could hardly have been otherwise.
State. — Literally, hand.
Verse Esther 1:7. _VESSELS BEING DIVERSE_] They had different services of _plate_....
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...
THE VESSELS. Note the frequent _Parentheses_ (App-6) in verses: Esther 1:1; Esther 1:7; Esther 1:13; Esther 1:14;...
_vessels of gold_ Many such were captured by the Greeks in the Persian camp near Plataea. _the vessels being diverse one from another_ This seems to be noted as an unusual circumstance. In the repres...
ROYAL WINE IN ABUNDANCE— See on Joel 1:5....
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...
_AND THEY GAVE THEM DRINK IN VESSELS OF GOLD, (THE VESSELS BEING DIVERSE ONE FROM ANOTHER,) AND ROYAL WINE IN ABUNDANCE, ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF THE KING._ They gave them drink in vessels of gold....
1:7 bounty. (b-25) Or 'power;' lit. 'hand;' and so ch. 2.18....
ROYAL WINE] LXX has 'wine which the king himself used to drink.' THE STATE] RV 'the bounty.'...
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]...
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...
וְ הַשְׁקֹות֙ בִּ כְלֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב וְ כֵלִ֖ים
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...
And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the (e) state of the king. (e) As was befitting for so magnifice...
_Vessels. When Lysanias had taken the camp of Mardonius, and beheld the rich vessels, he could not help expressing a surprise that people possessing such advantages, should come to molest the Lacedemo...
(2) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, (3) In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his serv...
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...
THEY GAVE THEM DRINK IN VESSELS OF GOLD, THE VESSELS BEING DIVERS ONE FROM ANOTHER,.... In the pattern and workmanship of them, though of the same metal, which diversity made the festival the more gra...
And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. Ver. 7. _And they gave them drink_] Think...
The King's Banquet...
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another, a fact which increased their costliness) AND ROYAL WINE IN ABUNDANCE, gotten from the royal vineyards and vault...
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,...
ROYAL WINE: _ Heb._ wine of the kingdom STATE OF THE KING: _ Heb._ according to the hand of the king...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Esther 1:7 drinks H8248 (H8687) golden H2091 vessels H3627 vessel H3627 different H8138 (H8802) other H3627 royal...
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...
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...
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 ...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:6 NO COMPULSION. King Ahasuerus set aside the custom that everyone had to drink whenever the king drank. A separate FEAST FOR THE WOMEN was another departure from normal Persia...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 1:7. ROYAL WINE] A very costly wine, called the Chalybonian wine, that the Persian kings used to drink. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:7 UNWISE LIBERALITY, BUT A...
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...
1 Kings 10:21; 2 Chronicles 9:20; Daniel 5:2...
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...