_ON THAT NIGHT COULD NOT THE KING SLEEP, AND HE COMMANDED TO BRING THE BOOK OF RECORDS OF THE CHRONICLES; AND THEY WERE READ BEFORE THE KING._ The king ... commanded to bring the book of records of the Chronicles. In Eastern courts there are scribes or officers whose duty it is to keep a journal of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT WAS FOUND WRITTEN, THAT MORDECAI HAD TOLD OF BIGTHANA AND TERESH, TWO OF THE KING'S CHAMBERLAINS, THE KEEPERS OF THE DOOR, WHO SOUGHT TO LAY HAND ON THE KING AHASUERUS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID, WHAT HONOUR AND DIGNITY HATH BEEN DONE TO MORDECAI FOR THIS? THEN SAID THE KING'S SERVANTS THAT MINISTERED UNTO HIM, THERE IS NOTHING DONE FOR HIM._ The king's servants that ministered unto him. In some places of the East, particularly Persia and Hindustan, watchmen are included... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 was come into the outward court. This was early in the morning. It is the invariable custom for kin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING'S SERVANTS SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD, HAMAN STANDETH IN THE COURT. AND THE KING SAID, LET HIM COME IN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 TO MYSELF?_ What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? In bestowing token... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HAMAN ANSWERED THE KING, FOR THE MAN WHOM THE KING DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET THE ROYAL APPAREL BE BROUGHT WHICH THE KING USETH TO WEAR, AND THE HORSE THAT THE KING RIDETH UPON, AND THE CROWN ROYAL WHICH IS SET UPON HIS HEAD:_ The royal apparel ... which the king useth to wear - made of purple interwoven with gold (Xenophon, 'Cyropaedia,' b. 8:, ch. 3, sec. 13; Quintus... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 THROUGH THE STREET OF THE CITY, AND PROCLAIM BEFORE HIM, THUS SHALL IT BE DONE TO THE MAN WHOM THE KING... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE KING SAID TO HAMAN, MAKE HASTE, AND TAKE THE APPAREL AND THE HORSE, AS THOU HAST SAID, AND DO EVEN SO TO MORDECAI THE JEW, THAT SITTETH AT THE KING'S GATE: LET NOTHING FAIL OF ALL THAT THOU HAST SPOKEN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN TOOK HAMAN THE APPAREL AND THE HORSE, AND ARRAYED MORDECAI, AND BROUGHT HIM ON HORSEBACK THROUGH THE STREET OF THE CITY, AND PROCLAIMED BEFORE HIM, THUS SHALL IT BE DONE UNTO THE MAN WHOM THE KING DELIGHTETH TO HONOUR._ Then took Haman ... This sudden reverse, however painful to Human as an i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MORDECAI CAME AGAIN TO THE KING'S GATE. BUT HAMAN HASTED TO HIS HOUSE MOURNING, AND HAVING HIS HEAD COVERED._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHILE THEY WERE YET TALKING WITH HIM, CAME THE KING'S CHAMBERLAINS, AND HASTED TO BRING HAMAN UNTO THE BANQUET THAT ESTHER HAD PREPARED._ Came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet. Besides the invitation given to an entertainment. a message is always sent to the... [ Continue Reading ]