And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to (b) hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
(b) Thus while the wicked imagine the destruction of others, they themselves fall into the same pit.
Verse Esther 6:4. _WHO IS IN THE COURT?_] This accords with the _dream_ mentioned by the Targum; and given above. _NOW HAMAN WAS COME_] This must have been very _early_ in the morning. Haman's pride...
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...
NOW HAMAN WAS COME. This was the next step. The Figure of speech _Parenthesis_ is used to emphasize the importance of it. GALLOWS. tree. See note on Esther 5:14....
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...
VII. Panic of Haman, Esther 6:1-14 A. Appreciation TEXT: Esther 6:1-5 1 On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read...
_AND THE KING SAID, WHO IS IN THE COURT? NOW HAMAN WAS COME INTO THE OUTWARD COURT OF THE KING'S HOUSE, TO SPEAK UNTO THE KING TO HANG MORDECAI ON THE GALLOWS THAT HE HAD PREPARED FOR HIM._ Now Haman...
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...
HAMAN WAS COME. — It being at length morning, Haman had come to the palace in due course, and was waiting in the outer court till the king should call for him. The king in the inner court ponders what...
וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ מִ֣י בֶ †...
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...
_Inner court. To which only such favourites and noblemen had access. (Herodotus iii. 72., and 84.) This king had himself come thither with six others, when they conspired to destroy Smerdis. Hebrew, &...
(4) В¶ And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. Every...
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 THE KING SAID, WHO IS IN THE COURT?.... Being in haste to confer some honour on Mordecai for what he had done: NOW HAMAN WAS COME INTO THE OUTWARD COURT OF THE KING'S HOUSE; though it was early i...
And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. Ver. 4. _...
_There is nothing done for him_ He hath had no recompense for this great and good service. _The king said, Who is in the court_ It is likely it was now morning, when the courtiers used to be in waitin...
And the king said, Who is in the court? that is, what officer of higher standing is on duty or present at this time? NOW, HAMAN WAS COME INTO THE OUTWARD COURT OF THE KING'S HOUSE, thus early in the m...
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...
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...
HAMAN WAS COME EARLY in the morning, because his malice probably would not suffer him to sleep; and he was impatient till he had executed his desired revenge; and he was resolved to watch for the very...
Esther 6:4 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) court H2691 Haman H2001 entered H935 (H8804) outer H2435 court...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 6:4.] The question, WHO IS IN THE COURT?] means what officer is now present. The king desires to consult with him as to what distinction would be appropriate to Mordecai. It s...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:10; Esther 3:8; Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1; Esther 5:14;...
Haman — Early in the morning, because his malice would not suffer him to sleep; and he was impatient 'till he had executed his revenge; and was resolved to watch for the very first opportunity of spea...