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CHAPTER X
_Ahasuerus lays a tribute on his dominions_, 1.
_Mordecai's advancement under him_, 2.
_His character_, 3.
NOTES ON CHAP. X
Verse Esther 10:1. _LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND_] On the o
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A TRIBUTE - Perhaps an allusion to some fresh arrangement of the
tribute likely to have followed on the return of Xerxes from Greece.
UPON THE ISLES OF THE SEA - Cyprus, Aradus, the island of Tyre,
P...
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AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI: THE CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 10
The three verses with which this book closes tell us of the greatness
of King Ahasuerus. Here also is the record of the increasing greatness
of Morde...
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ESTHER 10. CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK. The final chapter is a short
panegyric on Mordecai: he is praised as wise and kind, a man of high
importance in imperial affairs as well as beloved by all Jews. This...
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ISLES. coasts....
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Esther 10:1-3. Mordecai's greatness
The connexion of this short chapter with the rest of the Book is
obscure. It may be a fragment of some other work, which, owing to its
subject-matter, came to be a...
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_laid a tribute_ The word rendered -tribute" means everywhere else in
Biblical Hebrew a body of forced labourers, or serfdom. We should
therefore render here, _imposed forced labour_. The thought in t...
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AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND, &C.— 1:e. He laid a tax upon
every part of his dominions, both on the continent and in the islands
over which his power extended. By the _isles_ here mentioned,...
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XII. Postscript, Esther 10:1-3
TEXT: Esther 10:1-3
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And the king Ashasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the
isles of the sea.
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And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the...
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_AND THE KING AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND, AND UPON THE
ISLES OF THE SEA._
Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the
sea, х_ Wª'IYEEY_ (H339) _ HAYAAM _ (H3220)]. T...
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10:1 $-$-$-...
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THE GREATNESS OF MORDECAI
1. The isles of the sea] or, 'coast lands,' i.e. the countries
bordering on the Mediterranean. The description of the king's dominion
serves to enhance the glory of Mordecai...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 10
V1 King Xerxes made the people in all his *kingdom pay taxes.
V2 The kings of Media and Persia made official records. These records
incl...
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X.
(1) LAID A TRIBUTE. — The disastrous expedition to Greece must have
taxed the resources of the empire to the utmost, and fresh tribute
would therefore be requisite to fill the exhausted coffers. B...
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וַ יָּשֶׂם֩ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ
_אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֧ושׁ_† ׀ מַ֛ס עַל
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THE FEAST OF PURIM
Esther 9:20; Esther 10:1
The Feast of Purim-so called from Esther 3:7 -was held on the 14th and
15th of Adar, our February. The whole of this book was read on the
previous evening...
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Here we have the last picture of this man Mordecai. It is a singularly
fine one. Whatever may have been questionable in some of the methods
he adopted with regard to Esther-and here we are not able to...
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Land. He conquered many countries on the continent, and several to
which he could not come but by water, which the Jews call islands,
whether they were surrounded on all sides by the sea or not. Hebre...
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(1) В¶ And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon
the isles of the sea. (2) And all the acts of his power and of his
might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereun...
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CONTENTS
This very short chapter, being unconnected with the history of the
church, seems to have been inserted here only to record the
advancement of Mordecai, and the happy state of God's people un...
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The Feast of Purim
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Esther 10:1 (NKJV) And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land
and [on] the islands of the sea.
Esther 10:2 Now all the acts of his power and his might, and...
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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 THE KING AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE ON THE LAND, AND UPON THE ISLES
OF THE SEA. Which include all his dominions, both on the continent,
and on the sea, the Aegean sea; though Aben Ezra thinks it reg...
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And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the
isles of the sea.
Ver. 1. _And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute, &c._] An
extraordinary tribute to maintain war against the Grecia...
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_King Ahasuerus, laid a tribute upon the land_ That is, he laid a tax
upon every part of his dominions, both on the continent, and on the
islands over which his power extended. By the isles here menti...
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THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI
This remarkable book closes with the announcement of the greatness of
the Persian Empire as ruled over by King Ahasuerus.As with every other
kingdom of the nati...
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ESTHER CHAPTER 10 Ahasuerus's greatness and Mordecai's advancement.
i.e. Upon all his dominions, whether in thee main continent, or in the
islands....
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Esther 10:1 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 imposed H7760 (H8799) tribute
H4522 land H776 islands H339 sea H3220...
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ISLES
That is, coasts....
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CONTENTS: Mordecai made prime minister.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: Men of virtue and true piety may for a time seem to be
kept in obscurity, but often by the hand of God they are s...
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Esther 10:1. _Laid a tribute upon the land._ This was to prepare for
his great expedition, as some suppose, against Europe. But the heathen
historians, so materially contradicting one another, we cann...
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_And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land._
A GOOD GOVERNMENT
A good government--
I. Has a wise system of taxation.
II. Makes its power felt.
III. Places good men in office.
IV. Promo...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 10:1 IMPOSED TAX. Reversing the (temporary)
remission of Esther 2:18. If the COASTLANDS OF THE SEA are remote
parts of Ah
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CRITICAL NOTES.] AND THE KING AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND,
AND UPON THE ISLES OF THE SEA] Tribute—a levy,
tribute-service—means a tax levied, and for this reason that
tribute-service belong...
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EXPOSITION
CONCLUSION.—THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS, AND OF MORDECAI UNDER HIM
(Esther 10:1.). The Book of Esther might have been expected to
terminate with the institution of the Purim feast. All that...
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Now chapter 10 just deals with now the exalting of Mordecai. He was
made, more or less, prime minister over the Persian Empire. He was
given pretty much the office and the role that Haman had had. And...
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Daniel 11:18; Esther 1:1; Esther 8:9; Genesis 10:5; Isaiah 24:15;...