to bring Vashti, the queen, before the king with the crown royal, in full regal apparel, including the high, pointed turban distinctive of her rank, but evidently without her veil, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on, beautiful of countenance, and Xerxes was very proud of her beauty, as reflecting credit also upon himself.
Verse 11. _TO BRING VASHTI THE QUEEN_] The Targum adds _naked_. _FOR SHE_ WAS _FAIR TO LOOK ON._] Hence she had her name [Persian] _Vashti_, which signifies _beautiful_. See Esther 1:9....
TO BRING VASHTI THE QUEEN - This command, though contrary to Persian customs, is not out of harmony with the character of Xerxes; and is evidently related as something strange and unusual. Otherwise,...
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...
PEOPLE. peoples....
_with the crown royal_ a species of peaked turban, perhaps set off with jewels. _the peoples_ A.V. _the people_. The R.V., by using the plural, brings out more clearly the sense of the original that...
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...
B. Defiance TEXT: Esther 1:9-12 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry...
_TO BRING VASHTI THE QUEEN BEFORE THE KING WITH THE CROWN ROYAL, TO SHEW THE PEOPLE AND THE PRINCES HER BEAUTY: FOR SHE WAS FAIR TO LOOK ON._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
TO BRING VASHTI. — It is evident from the way in which the incident is introduced that had Ahasuerus been sober he would not have asked such a thing. Vashti naturally sends a refusal. CROWN ROYAL. —...
לְ֠ הָבִיא אֶת ־וַשְׁתִּ֧י הַ מַּלְכָּ֛ה לִ
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...
Head. But without any other covering. (Chaldean) Sulpitius entertained perhaps the same idea. Stulto rege consultior, pudens, virorum oculis spectaculum corporis præbere jussa, abnuit. (Haydock) --- S...
(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 unacknow...
TO BRING VASHTI THE QUEEN BEFORE THE KING,.... Not against her will, or by force; but they were sent to let her know it was the king's pleasure that she should come to him immediately: WITH THE CROWN...
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on. Ver. 11. _To bring Vashti the queen before the king_] Thi...
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,...
FAIR TO LOOK ON: _ Heb._ good of countenance...
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 whe...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Esther 1:11 bring H935 (H8687) Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 before H6440 king H4428 royal H4438 crown H3804 show...
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...
_To bring Vashti the queen before the king._ VANITY Whatever be the ruling passion of a man, whether it be pride, vanity, or anger, or lust, or impiety, or even benevolence, it will display itself wh...
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 ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 1:12. VASHTI REFUSED TO COME] It was regarded as something unheard of if the queen appeared in public unveiled.—_Lange_. Vashti means the best. ESTHER 1:13. WHICH KNEW THE TI...
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...
1 Samuel 25:3; 2 Samuel 14:25; Mark 6:21; Mark 6:22; Proverbs 16:9;...
How could Esther participate in a pagan beauty contest? PROBLEM: It is evident that Esther was selected by God as His instrument to deliver Israel from evil at the appointed time (Esther 4:14). Howev...