Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Esther 7:2
VII.
(2) What is thy petition? — The king takes for granted that Esther’s invitations to her banquets do not constitute her real request, but merely prepare the way for it.
VII.
(2) What is thy petition? — The king takes for granted that Esther’s invitations to her banquets do not constitute her real request, but merely prepare the way for it.
Verse Esther 7:2. _AT THE BANQUET OF WINE_] _Postquam vino incaluerat_, after he had been heated with wine, says the _Vulgate_. In such a state the king was more likely to come into the measures of th...
THE SECOND BANQUET AND HAMAN'S MISERABLE END CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The second banquet and Esther's petition (Esther 7:1)_ 2. Haman's exposure (Esther 7:5) 3. Haman's miserable end (Esther 7:7)...
ESTHER 7. ESTHER ACCUSES HAMAN, AND HE IS HANGED ON THE GIBBET HE HAD PREPARED FOR MORDECAI. On the same day, at her second drinking-feast, Esther suddenly bursts out in impassioned denunciation of Ha...
PETITION... REQUEST. See note on Esther 5:6. KINGDOM. See note on Esther 5:3....
VIII. Plea of Esther, Esther 7:1-10 A. Massacre Disclosed TEXT: Esther 7:1-6 1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day...
_SO THE KING AND HAMAN CAME TO BANQUET WITH ESTHER THE QUEEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE EXECUTION OF HAMAN 4. We are sold] an allusion to Haman's tender of 10,000 talents (href='190 3:9'>Est 3:9). ALTHOUGH THE ENEMY, etc.] The rendering is uncertain; RV 'although the adversary could...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 7 V1 So the king and Haman came to dine with Queen Esther. V2 As they were drinking wine, on that second day, the king said to Esther again...
וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ לְ אֶסְתֵּ֜ר גַּ֣ם
QUEEN ESTHER Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12 THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all the chosen maidens of his realm, and who then delivers her people in the crisis...
CRAFT OVERREACHES ITSELF Esther 7:1 Esther had prayed, as we have seen, Esther 4:16, but she acted also. She took such measures as were possible, to gain the king's favor, to awaken his curiosity, an...
Events now moved rapidly forward. By the way of the banquet Haman passed to the gallows. It was a fierce and terrible judgment, and yet characterized by poetic justice. The man who for no reason other...
(1) В¶ So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. (2) And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall b...
A Banquet Turned Sour . I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of Esther, we saw the pride of Haman becoming his own destruction! 1. Haman told Xerxes what he thought the king should do to hono...
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 THE KING SAID AGAIN TO ESTHER ON THE SECOND DAY, AT THE BANQUET OF WINE,.... This was the third time he put the following question to her, being very desirous of knowing what she had to ask of him...
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What [is] thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? and it shall be performed,...
_The king said again to Esther, What is thy petition, Queen Esther?_ &c. If the king had now forgot that Esther had an errand to him, and had not again asked what it was, she could scarce have known h...
And the king, being more anxious even than on the day before to find out Esther's request, SAID AGAIN UNTO ESTHER ON THE SECOND DAY AT THE BANQUET OF WINE, repeating his promise in practically the sam...
ESTHER PLEADS FOR HER PEOPLE...
HAMAN HANGED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS (vv. 1-10) At Esther's second banquet the king asked her to make whatever petition she desired, with the promise that he would grant it to her.What a surprise it woul...
1-6 If the love of life causes earnest pleadings with those that can only kill the body, how fervent should our prayers be to Him, who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell! How should we pra...
THE BANQUET OF WINE; so it is called, to note that it was not designed for a feast to fill their bellies, but rather for a banquet to delight and please their palates with wine and other delicacies: S...
Esther 7:2 second H8145 day H3117 banquet H4960 wine H3196 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) Esther H635 petition...
CONTENTS: Esther's banquet and the hanging of Haman. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Harbonah. CONCLUSION: Mischief is sure to return upon the person himself who contrives it. The wicked shall...
Esther 7:4. _The king's damage,_ in the loss of subjects and of revenue. Esther 7:8. _They covered Haman's face;_ an indignity done only to persons condemned to die. Esther 7:9. _Hang him thereon._...
_What is thy petition, queen Esther?_ ESTHER’S PETITION 1. When called to speak for God and His people, we must summon up our courage, and act with becoming confidence and decision. Had Esther held h...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 7:2 EVEN... HALF OF MY KINGDOM. See note on 5:3. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 7:2. THE KING SAID AGAIN] Compare Esther 5:6. ESTHER 7:3. MY LIFE, … MY PEOPLE] Esther has had time to carefully prepare her words, and her earnest language rises to the emoti...
EXPOSITION AT THE SECOND BANQUET ESTHER DENOUNCES HAMAN, AND THE KING CONDEMNS HIM TO BE IMPALED ON THE CROSS PREPARED FOR HAM
So Haman came in, but he was really troubled by this whole experience. And so, Esther prepared another beautiful banquet for the king, and again, the king in his generous mood said, "Esther, what do y...
Esther 5:6; John 16:24...