Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Esther 6:9
Verse Esther 6:9. One of the king's most noble princes] Alas, Poor Haman! Never was the fable of the dog and shadow more literally fulfilled. Thou didst gape at the shadow, and didst lose the substance.
Verse Esther 6:9. One of the king's most noble princes] Alas, Poor Haman! Never was the fable of the dog and shadow more literally fulfilled. Thou didst gape at the shadow, and didst lose the substance.
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...
ONE. a man. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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...
_AND LET THIS APPAREL AND HORSE BE DELIVERED TO THE HAND OF ONE OF THE KING'S MOST NOBLE PRINCES, THAT THEY MAY ARRAY THE MAN WITHAL WHOM THE KING DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR, AND BRING HIM ON HORSEBACK THRO...
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...
NOBLE. — See above, Esther 1:3, Note. STREET. — See above, Esther 4:6, Note....
וְ נָתֹ֨ון הַ לְּב֜וּשׁ וְ הַ סּ֗וּס
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...
_Nobles. Literally, "tyrants." (Haydock) --- But this word was not formerly odious; as it only denoted "a prince." Pars mihi pacis erit dextram tetigisse tyranni. (Vigil, \'c6neid vii.) --- Abuse of p...
(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...
AND LET THIS APPAREL AND HORSE BE DELIVERED TO THE HAND OF ONE OF THE KING'S MOST NOBLE PRINCES,.... The one, THAT THEY MAY ARRAY THE MAN WITHAL WHOM THE KING DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR; and the other to b...
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback thr...
_And let this apparel, &c., be delivered to one of the king's most noble princes_ To be his attendant. _And bring him on horseback through the city_ That all the people may be made to take notice of h...
and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honor, the prince acting as a servant in...
THE KING ASKS HAMAN'S ADVICE...
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...
BRING HIM ON HORSEBACK: _ Heb._ cause him to ride...
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...
PROCLAIM BEFORE HIM, i.e. cause this to be proclaimed, to wit, by some public officer appointed for that service. Compare GENESIS 41:43....
Esther 6:9 robe H3830 horse H5483 delivered H5414 (H8800) hand H3027 one H376 kings H4428 noble H6579 princes...
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...
1 Kings 1:33; 1 Kings 1:34; Genesis 41:43; Zechariah 9:9...