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Verse 16. _VASHTI - HATH NOT DONE WRONG TO THE KING ONLY_] This
reasoning or arguing was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not
_generally_ disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no _precedent_
f...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And Memucan answered_ From the terms of his answer it is evident that
there was no existing law in Persia which would meet the case.
Therefore, if it was to be dealt with, one must be enacted. In fav...
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C. Decree
TEXT: Esther 1:13-22
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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;
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and the next unto him were Carshe...
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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]...
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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...
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ANSWERED BEFORE THE KING. — Memuean, like a true courtier, gives
palatable advice to his master, by counsel which is the true echo of
the king’s angry question.
DONE WRONG. — Literally, _dealt unfair...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר _מְמוּכָ֗ן_† לִ פְנֵ֤י הַ
מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen
hath not done (k) wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes,
and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of t...
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_Mamuchan. Old Vulgate, "Mardochæus." Yet the Jews say this was the
infamous Aman; and one Greek copy has Bilgaios, (Calmet) and Arabo,
"Mouchaios," chap. iii. 1., and xii. 6. He was the youngest, but...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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AND MEMUCAN ANSWERED BEFORE THE KING AND THE PRINCES,.... Who was the
last, and perhaps the least and the youngest of the counsellors; it
being appointed by the king, according to the latter Targum th...
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And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen
hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and
to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the k...
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_Vashti the queen hath done wrong to all the princes_, &c. By giving
their wives an example and encouragement to contemn and disobey their
husbands. It is a crime of a high nature, and therefore deser...
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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,...
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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...
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MEMUCAN, though last named, spake first, either because the king first
asked him; or because he was the chief of them all, either in dignity
or in reputation; or because it then was, as now it is in m...
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Esther 1:16 Memucan H4462 answered H559 (H8799) before H6440 king
H4428 princes H8269 Queen H4436 Vashti H2060
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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...
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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...
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_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 w...
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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 ...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:15 MEMUCAN repeatedly uses the word ALL to
warn the king of a breakdown of proper domestic order throughout
society....
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MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:16
COURTIERS FORSAKE A FAILING CAUSE
It is not here asserted that this is a characteristic of courtiers,
which may not be observed in other men; for it is a...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 6:7; 1 Corinthians 6:8; Acts 18:14; Acts 25:10...
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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...