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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

Esther 2:2

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,.... Fearing that, if Vashti should be restored, vengeance would be taken on them; or however to remove the grief and melancholy of the king, they gave the following advice:

let there be fair young virgins sought for the king; that he might enjoy them, and choose one of them, the most agreeable to him, and put her in the room of Vashti.

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See also Esther 2:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Esther 2:2. _LET THERE BE FAIR YOUNG VIRGINS SOUGHT FOR THE KING_] This was the usual way in which the _harem_ or _seraglio_ was furnished: the finest women in the land, whether of high or low...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN. Ere long Ahasuerus longs for his lost queen's comradeship. He is moved to issue a summons throughout all his territories, commanding all fair maidens to appear as candidates for t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    VIRGINS. Hebrew. _bethulah._ See note on Genesis 24:43....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Then said the king's servants_ naturally alarmed at their sovereign's incipient change of disposition, which might bring disaster upon themselves....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    II. Promotion of Esther, Esther 2:1-23 A. Search for a Queen TEXT: Esther 2:1-4 1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, an...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SAID THE KING'S SERVANTS THAT MINISTERED UNTO HIM, LET THERE BE FAIR YOUNG VIRGINS SOUGHT FOR THE KING:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:2 servants (b-5) Lit. 'young men.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאמְר֥וּ נַעֲרֵֽי ־הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ מְשָׁרְתָ֑יו...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Beautiful. Thus Abisag was brought to David, 3 Kings i. 2. The Turkish emperors select women from all their dominion, without distinction of noble or ignoble; as all are their slaves._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) В¶ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. (2) Then said the king's servants that minister...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: Ver. 2. Then said the king's servants] His friends, saith Josephus, to whom he had opened...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then said the king's servants_ Who, for their own interests, were obliged to quiet the king's mind, and procure him another amiable consort. _To the house of the women_ Or rather, of the virgins; for...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king, the requirements being youth, beauty, and virginity;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CHOICE OF VIRGINS FOR THE POSITION OF QUEEN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-20 We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE KING'S SERVANTS, for their own interests, were obliged to quiet the king's mind, and procure him another amiable consort....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 2:1-23:2 kings H4428 servants H5288 attended H8334 (H8764) said H559 (H8799) beautiful H2896 H4758 young...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And let the king appoint officers _ THE WEAK AND LOWLY Poor, helpless, feeble, may be the earthward aspect of true religion. Beggars shall be taken from the dunghill, to set them among princes. God...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:1 The YOUNG MEN were probably the king’s personal household servants (see Esther 6:3). EUNUCH. See note on...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:2.] The youths, or male domestics, without regard to age, that served before the king, sought to avert the danger that threatened. They advised that maidens, virgins, be bro...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS, AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI'S PLACE (Esther 2:1). Vashti having ceased to be queen,

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 1:2; Esther 1:10; Esther 1:14; Esther 6:14; Genesis 12:14...

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