Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Esther 6:6
Verse Esther 6:6. The king said unto him] He did not give him time to make his request; and put a question to him which, at the first view, promised him all that his heart could wish.
Verse Esther 6:6. The king said unto him] He did not give him time to make his request; and put a question to him which, at the first view, promised him all that his heart could wish.
THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT AND MORDECAI'S EXALTATION CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The sleepless night (Esther 6:1)_ 2. The exaltation of Mordecai (Esther 6:4) 3. Haman anticipates his doom (Esther 6:12)...
ESTHER 6. HAMAN IS COMPELLED TO DO PUBLIC HONOUR TO MORDEEAI. Now comes a dramatic scene. Providence is at work, and the clouds are opening. In the night between Esther's two drinking-feasts, the king...
CAME IN. See note on Esther 6:5. THOUGHT. said....
Esther 6:1-11. Mordecai's elevation In this section we are shewn the strange concatenation of apparently trivial circumstances which collectively have the effect of bestowing the highest reward and m...
B. Arrogance TEXT: Esther 6:6-9 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the kin...
_SO HAMAN CAME IN. AND THE KING SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT SHALL BE DONE UNTO THE MAN WHOM THE KING DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR? NOW HAMAN THOUGHT IN HIS HEART, TO WHOM WOULD THE KING DELIGHT TO DO HONOUR MORE THAN...
MORDECAI IS HONOURED An account of how the king being reminded of Mordecai's services, and wishing to reward him, consulted Haman, and how Haman, thinking himself the object of the king's interest, c...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 6 V1 That night the king could not sleep. He ordered that someone should bring the book of the official records of his rule. He ordered tha...
WHOM THE KING DELIGHTETH ... — Literally, _in whose honour the hing delighteth. _...
וַ יָּבֹוא֮ הָמָן֒ וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לֹו֙ הַ
GRATITUDE FOR A FORGOTTEN SERVICE Esther 6:1 There was a divine providence in this royal sleeplessness. On the very next night Haman would be hanging on the gallows, and it would be too late for him...
In the economy of God vast issues follow apparently trivial things. A sleepless night is in itself transient and almost trivial. Yet it has often been a time of revelation and surprise, affecting the...
(6) So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more t...
Sleepless Nights A man's definition of childish games = the ones at which your wife beats you! A young girl said to her pastor, "I'm afraid I've committed the sin of vanity." To which the pastor rep...
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...
SO HAMAN CAME IN,.... But was prevented speaking to the king about the business he came upon by the following speech of the king: WHAT SHALL BE DONE UNTO THE MAN WHOM THE KING DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR? h...
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than...
_The king said, Let him come in_ The king thought him the fittest man he had to be made use of, both in directing and in dispensing his favour, knowing nothing of any quarrel he had with Mordecai. _So...
THE KING ASKS HAMAN'S ADVICE...
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? This was done in accordance with the Oriental custom which lets the royal courtiers nam...
The same night that Haman had had a gallows made on which to hang Mordecai, the Lord intervened in a most amazing way, causing the king to be unable to sleep and moving him to have the book of records...
WHOM THE KING DELIGHTED TO HONOR?: _ Heb._ in whose honour the King delighteth...
4-11 See how men's pride deceives them. The deceitfulness of our own hearts appears in nothing more than in the conceit we have of ourselves and our own performances: against which we should constant...
The king names none, because he would have the more impartial answer. And probably he knew nothing of the difference between Haman and Mordecai. HAMAN THOUGHT IN HIS HEART; as indeed he had great reas...
Esther 6:6 Haman H2001 came H935 (H8799) king H4428 asked H559 (H8799) done H6213 (H8800) man...
CONTENTS: Haman compelled to exalt Mordecai. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Mordecai, Zeresh. CONCLUSION: God's wisdom and grace is seen in the way He times the means of deliverance for His p...
Esther 6:1. _That night could not the king sleep,_ the reveries of his mind being excited by guardian angels. See on Psalms 34:7. The LXX read, “But the Lord moved the king that night by dreams.” RE...
_What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?_ PRIDE ASSOCIATED WITH FOLLY 1. In Haman honouring Mordecai we have a remarkable verification of the fable of the dog and the shad...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 6:6 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE MAN... THE KING DELIGHTS TO HONOR? Neither Ahasuerus nor Haman is aware of the irony in the question. Haman’s response shows both the extent of his...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 6:6.] When the king had asked the question, Haman thought within himself, TO WHOM WOULD THE KING DELIGHT TO DO HONOUR MORE THAN TO MYSELF?] Going beyond me, more than myself.—...
EXPOSITION AHASUERUS, BEING WAKEFUL DURING THE NIGHT, HAS THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES READ TO HIM, AND FINDS THAT MORDECAI HAS...
Now that night king Ahasuerus couldn't go to sleep (Esther 6:1), He's lying there restless. No doubt God was in the restlessness. And so he said, bring to me the chronicles [the history]; read to me...
Esther 3:2; Esther 3:3; Esther 5:11; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 62:4;...
Man — He names none, because he would have the more impartial answer. And probably knew nothing of the difference between Haman and Mordecai. Thought — As he had great reason to do, because of the fav...