Esther 1:21
What meaning of the esther 1:21 in the Bible?
What does Esther 1:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the saying pleasede the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:"
What does Esther 1:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the saying pleasede the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:"
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS THE BANQUETS AND QUEEN VASHTI DISOWNED CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The first feast of the king (Esther 1:1)_ 2. The king's feast unto all the people (Esther 1:5) 3. The queen's feast...
ESTHER 1. THE ROYAL FEAST. VASHTI'S DISOBEDIENCE AND DEGRADATION. The opening words in MT (and it came to pass) are in good Heb style, which shows that an able scribe wrote here. But they prove that s...
Vashti's disgrace 10. _he commanded Mehuman etc._ The names of the seven chamberlains, or rather, eunuchs, who were sent to fetch Vashti, vary much in their form in the LXX. and other versions. Their...
C. Decree TEXT: Esther 1:13-22 13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment; 14 and the next unto him were Carshe...
THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DISGRACE OF QUEEN VASHTI 1. Ahasuerus] LXX has 'Artaxerxes,' but probably 'Xerxes,' the son of Darius Hystaspis, is meant, who succeeded his father in 485 b.c. INDIA.. ETHIOPIA]...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF ESTHER The events that the first chapter of the book of Esther describes happened about 483 BC (Before Christ). Over 100 years ea...
וַ יִּיטַב֙ הַ דָּבָ֔ר בְּ עֵינֵ֥י הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ וְ הַ שָּׂרִ֑ים וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ הַ...
AHASUERUS AND VASHTI Esther 1:1 THE character of Ahasuerus illustrates the Nemesis of absolutism, by showing how unlimited power is crushed and dissolved beneath the weight of its own immensity. The...
VASHTI'S NOBLE REFUSAL Esther 1:1 The book opens with a royal festival, which lasted for six months, Esther 1:1. Perhaps the princes came up from their governments to partake of it in rotation. It fi...
The events recorded in the Book of Esther occurred between the completion of the Temple and the mission of Ezra (between Ezra 6:1; Ezr 7:1-28). In all likelihood the narrative, as we have it, was take...
_Counsel. It was very inconclusive; (Menochius) and even supposing the queen were guilty of some indiscretion, the punishment was too severe. (Menochius) (Grotius, v. 11) (Haydock)_...
(10) В¶ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the pr...
Introduction to Esther I. INTRODUCTION A. As we begin the book of Esther, it is appropriate to "set it up" by way of little history. 1. The book was written approximately 465 years before the birth...
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 unackno...
AND THE SAYING PLEASED THE KING AND THE PRINCES,.... The king, and the other six princes and counsellors, approved of the proposal, and unanimously agreed to it: AND THE KING DID ACCORDING TO THE WOR...
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: Ver. 21. _And the saying pleased the king_] Pity but itching ears should have clawing counsellors....
_All the wives shall give to their husbands honour_, &c. None will dare to disobey, when they hear that the greatness of the queen could not preserve her from such a heavy punishment. _The saying plea...
Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment...
THE FIRST FEAST OF THE KING (vv. 1-4) Ahasuerus was a name given to the chief king of Persia.The Ahasuerus of verse 1 is recorded in history as Xerxes 1. His empire extended over a very large area,...
PLEASED THE KING: _ Heb._ was good in the eyes of the king...
10-22 Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But when...
THE SAYING PLEASED THE KING AND THE PRINCES; partly because their own authority and interest was concerned in it; and especially by the singular providence of God, who designed to bring about his own...
Esther 1:21 reply H1697 pleased H3190 (H8799) H5869 king H4428 princes H8269 king H4428 did H6213 (H8799) word H1697 Memucan H4462 pleased the king - Heb. was good in the eyes of the king, Esther 1:1...
CONTENTS: Ahasuerus' great feast and the story of Vashti. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Vashti, Memucan, Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena. CONCLUSION: Better is a dinner of herbs with q...
Esther 1:1. _From India even to Ethiopia._ Darius the Mede appointed one hundred and twenty governors. Hence it appears that this Ahasuérus, the Xerxes Longimanus of Herodotus, had enlarged his conque...
_And Memucan answered before the king._ HASTY COUNSELLORS If they had been wise, as counsellors ought to be, they would have been in no haste to give judgment in a matter so important as that which...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:1 Introduction. The author sets the scene for the main action by describing Queen Vashti’s downfall (Esther 1:1), her replacement by Esther (Esther 2:1), and how Mordecai preve...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 1:22. ACCORDING TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE] Obscure. The native tongue of the head of the house to be used in the family. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:21 VA...
EXPOSITION THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI (Esther 1:10). On the seventh day of the feast "to all in Shushan" (Esther 1:5), the king having excited himself with drink, took it into his head to send a message...
Let us turn to the book of Esther for our study. The book of Esther is not in a chronological order in these books of history. If the book of Esther were placed in a chronological order, it would have...
Esther 1:19; Esther 2:4; Genesis 41:37...