Hanged on a tree. — Were crucified; a common punishment among the Persians, especially on rebels (Herod. iii. 120, 125, 159, &c). The dead body of Leonidas was crucified by Xerxes’ orders after the desperate stand at Thermopylæ.
Book of the chronicles. — A sleepless night of Xerxes accidentally brought this matter, after it had been forgotten, before the king’s mind. Herodotus often refers to these Persian Chronicles (vii. 100; viii. 85, 90).
Verse Esther 2:23. _IT WAS FOUND OUT_] It was proved against them, in consequence of which they were _hanged_. Perhaps the words _vaiyittalu al ets, they were hung upon wood_ or _a tree_, may refer t...
BOTH HANGED ON A TREE - i. e. “crucified” or “impaled” the ordinary punishment of rebels and traitors in Persia. THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES - Ctesias drew his Persian history from them, and they are...
ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN AND MORDECAI'S DISCOVERY CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The suggestion (Esther 2:1)_ 2. Mordecai and Esther introduced (Esther 2:5) 3. Esther brought to the king's house (Esther 2:8) 4. Esthe...
MORDECAI DETECTS A PLOT TO MURDER THE KING. A story of the conspiracy of regicides is set here in both Heb. and LXX, because the earlier mention of it had been cut out. But this insertion is badly mad...
WRITTEN. See note on Esther 6:1....
_And when inquisition … on a tree_ The LXX. have more briefly, -And the king examined the two eunuchs and hung them." The word -examined" probably means by torture. _hanged on a tree_ crucified or im...
Mordecai's discovery of the plot against the king's life 19. _And when the virgins were gathered together the second time_ Render, _Now when maidens were being gathered together a second time_. There...
E. Sedition Revealed TEXT: Esther 2:19-23 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate. 20 Esther had not yet made known her kindre...
THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN. MORDECAI'S SERVICE 1. He remembered, etc.] LXX has 'he thought no more of Vashti, remembering what,' etc....
HANGED] or, 'impaled,' a form of punishment frequently inflicted by Persian sovereigns. THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES] Herodotus relates instances of Xerxes' similarly recording the names of certain men...
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...
וַ יְבֻקַּ֤שׁ הַ דָּבָר֙ וַ יִּמָּצֵ֔א וַ
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...
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the (o) chronicles before the king. (o) In the chronicles o...
_King. Such histories were preserved with great care, 1 Esdras vi. 1. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the king ordered a memorial to it to be kept in the royal library, for the praise of Mardochai's good wi...
REFLECTIONS READER! let the view here afforded of the sad corruption and base lusts of our poor fallen nature, add one conviction more to all thou hast already received of the great necessity and imme...
(21) В¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus...
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...
AND WHEN INQUISITION WAS MADE OF THE MATTER, IT WAS FOUND OUT,.... That these two men had entered into a conspiracy to take away the king's life; full proof and evidence were given of it: THEREFORE T...
_And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king._ Ver. 23. _And when inquis...
_It was written in the book of the Chronicles_ A day-book, wherein all memorable things were recorded. _Before the king_ This may refer either, 1st, To the _writing_ of it, signifying that it was writ...
ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN...
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out, the charge was found to be true; THEREFORE THEY WERE BOTH HANGED ON A TREE, either hanged on a stake or impaled; and IT WAS WRITTEN IN TH...
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...
21-23 Good subjects must not conceal any bad design they know of against the prince, or the public peace. Mordecai was not rewarded at the time, but a remembrance was written. Thus, with respect to t...
This may be referred, either, 1. To the writing, to note that this was written in the king's presence by scribes, who were continually present with the king to write all remarkable passages happening...
Esther 2:23 inquiry H1245 (H8792) matter H1697 confirmed H4672 (H8735) both H8147 hanged H8518 (H8735) gallows
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...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:19__ Mordecai happens to be in the right place at the right time to serve King Ahasuerus. This is one of many examples of God’s hidden direction of events, though God is never...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:21. BIGTHAN] Probably the same as _Bigtha_ (Esther 1:10). Called _Bigthana_ in Esther 6:2. WHICH KEPT THE DOOR] Lit., _guards of the threshold_. Being doorkeepers, like Morde...
EXPOSITION MORDECAI'S DISCOVERY OF A PLOT AGAINST AHASUERUS' LIFE (Esther 2:19-17). Some time after Esther had been made queen, there was a second collection of virgins at Susa (verse 19), under circu...
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...
Deuteronomy 21:22; Deuteronomy 21:23; Esther 5:14; Esther 6:1; Esthe
ESTHER, THE JEWISH QUEEN Esther 2:17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS "God works in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." The eye of God had beheld a growing antagonism against His people, Israel, during t...