_ON THAT DAY DID THE KING AHASUERUS GIVE THE HOUSE OF HAMAN THE JEWS' ENEMY UNTO ESTHER THE QUEEN. AND MORDECAI CAME BEFORE THE KING; FOR ESTHER HAD TOLD WHAT HE WAS UNTO HER._ On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman ... unto Esther. His property was confiscated, and everything b... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING TOOK OFF HIS RING, WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM HAMAN, AND GAVE IT UNTO MORDECAI. AND ESTHER SET MORDECAI OVER THE HOUSE OF HAMAN._ The king took off his ring ... and gave it unto Mordecai - by that act transferring to him all the power and authority (cf. Gen. 12:42) which the ring symboli... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ESTHER SPAKE YET AGAIN BEFORE THE KING, AND FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET, AND BESOUGHT HIM WITH TEARS TO PUT AWAY THE MISCHIEF OF HAMAN THE AGAGITE, AND HIS DEVICE THAT HE HAD DEVISED AGAINST THE JEWS._ Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet. The king was then not reclining... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE KING HELD OUT THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE TOWARD ESTHER. SO ESTHER AROSE, AND STOOD BEFORE THE KING,_ Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther - in token that her request was accepted, and that she needed no longer to maintain the humble attitude of a suppliant.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAID, IF IT PLEASE THE KING, AND IF I HAVE FOUND FAVOUR IN HIS SIGHT, AND THE THING SEEM RIGHT BEFORE THE KING, AND I BE PLEASING IN HIS EYES, LET IT BE WRITTEN TO REVERSE THE LETTERS DEVISED BY HAMAN THE SON OF HAMMEDATHA THE AGAGITE, WHICH HE WROTE TO DESTROY THE JEWS WHICH ARE IN ALL THE KIN... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR HOW CAN I ENDURE TO SEE THE EVIL THAT SHALL COME UNTO MY PEOPLE? OR HOW CAN I ENDURE TO SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF MY KINDRED?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WRITE YE ALSO FOR THE JEWS, AS IT LIKETH YOU, IN THE KING'S NAME, AND SEAL IT WITH THE KING'S RING: FOR THE WRITING WHICH IS WRITTEN IN THE KING'S NAME, AND SEALED WITH THE KING'S RING, MAY NO MAN REVERSE._ Write ... in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring. Hence, it is evident that t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WERE THE KING'S SCRIBES CALLED AT THAT TIME IN THE THIRD MONTH, THAT IS, THE MONTH SIVAN, ON THE THREE AND TWENTIETH DAY THEREOF; AND IT WAS WRITTEN ACCORDING TO ALL THAT MORDECAI COMMANDED UNTO THE JEWS, AND TO THE LIEUTENANTS, AND THE DEPUTIES AND RULERS OF THE PROVINCES WHICH ARE FROM INDIA... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WROTE IN THE KING AHASUERUS' NAME, AND SEALED IT WITH THE KING'S RING, AND SENT LETTERS BY POSTS ON HORSEBACK, AND RIDERS ON MULES, CAMELS, AND YOUNG DROMEDARIES:_ Sent letters by posts on horseback, х_ BACUWCIYM_ (H5483)] - by horses. AND RIDERS ON MULES, х_ HAAREKESH_ (H7409)] - the ste... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREIN THE KING GRANTED THE JEWS WHICH WERE IN EVERY CITY TO GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER, AND TO STAND FOR THEIR LIFE, TO DESTROY, TO SLAY, AND TO CAUSE TO PERISH, ALL THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE AND PROVINCE THAT WOULD ASSAULT THEM, BOTH LITTLE ONES AND WOMEN, AND TO TAKE THE SPOIL OF THEM FOR A PREY,... [ Continue Reading ]
_UPON ONE DAY IN ALL THE PROVINCES OF KING AHASUERUS, NAMELY, UPON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE TWELFTH MONTH, WHICH IS THE MONTH ADAR._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MORDECAI WENT OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE KING IN ROYAL APPAREL OF BLUE AND WHITE, AND WITH A GREAT CROWN OF GOLD, AND WITH A GARMENT OF FINE LINEN AND PURPLE: AND THE CITY OF SHUSHAN REJOICED AND WAS GLAD._ Mordecai went out ... in royal apparel. He was invested with the khelaat of official... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE JEWS HAD LIGHT, AND GLADNESS, AND JOY, AND HONOUR._ The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. The literal added to the metaphorical expressions explain the meaning the images are intended to convey, and the redundancy of expression indicates the greatness of the prosperity and rej... [ Continue Reading ]