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Esther 3:5
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath, regarding this refusal, according to Persian ideas, as the greatest insult which could have been offered him.
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath, regarding this refusal, according to Persian ideas, as the greatest insult which could have been offered him.
HAMAN AND HIS WICKED PLOT CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The promotion of Haman and Mordecai's faithfulness (Esther 3:1)_ 2. Haman's proposal and the King's assent (Esther 3:7) 3. The proclamation of death (Esthe...
ESTHER 3. HAMAN, TO AVENGE A SLIGHT PUT ON HIM BY MORDECAI, PERSUADES THE KING TO ORDER A MASSACRE OF THE JEWS. The Grand Vizier Haman, Heb. calls a descendant of that mysterious people, the Amalekite...
III. Perverseness of Haman, Chapter 3 A. Scorn of Mordecai TEXT: Esther 3:1-6 1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his...
_THEN THE KING'S SERVANTS, WHICH WERE IN THE KING'S GATE, SAID UNTO MORDECAI, WHY TRANSGRESSEST THOU THE KING'S COMMANDMENT?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
HAMAN'S REVENGEFUL DESIGN AGAINST THE JEWS 1. The Agagite] It has been suggested that the name is an epithet meant to recall the Amalekite Agag hewn in pieces by Samuel (1 Samuel 15:33), and intended...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 3 V1 Some time later, King Xerxes rewarded Haman. Haman was from the family of Agag and his father was Hammedatha. The king gave more author...
וַ יַּ֣רְא הָמָ֔ן כִּי ־אֵ֣ין מָרְדֳּכַ֔י כֹּ
HAMAN Esther 3:1; Esther 5:9; Esther 7:5 HAMAN is the Judas of Israel. Not that his conduct or his place in history would bring him into comparison with the traitor apostle, for he was an open foe an...
RACE PREJUDICE BREEDS HATRED Esther 3:1 Josephus says that Agagite means a descendant of Agag, the common name for the kings of the Amalekites, Numbers 24:7. It is probably that something of the natu...
In this section we have a picture of the procedure of government in the court of the king. Haman was promoted to supreme authority, and the portrait of the man is naturally and vividly presented to us...
(5) And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. (6) And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mord...
_A STURDY ALIEN_ ‘Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not.’ Esther 3:5 I. A STURDY SOUL WAS MORDECAI.—He was not going to give a prostration of homage, which he reserved for God alone, to the haughty no...
Haman Ancient Day Hitler I. INTRODUCTION A. So far in our study of Esther, we have seen Queen Vashti give up her crown for not parading herself in front of the Kings drunken friends. 1. Last week w...
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...
AND WHEN HAMAN SAW THAT MORDECAI BOWED NOT, NOR DID HIM REVERENCE,.... For, after the information given him, he observed and watched him, to see whether he bowed and did him reverence or not: THEN WA...
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. Ver. 5. _And when Haman saw_] Stirred up by these pestilent flatterer, _qui crabronem furiosum magis i...
_Then was Haman full of rage_ Josephus tells us, that Haman, taking notice of this singularity in Mordecai, asked him what countryman he was, and finding him to be a Jew, broke out into a violent excl...
HAMAN'S ADVANCEMENT AND CONSPIRACY (vv. 1-15) After this (though we are not told how long after) King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, an Agagite, to a position above all the princes (v. 1).Agag had been t...
1-6 Mordecai refused to reverence Haman. The religion of a Jew forbade him to give honours to any mortal man which savoured of idolatry, especially to so wicked a man as Haman. By nature all are idol...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Esther 3:5 Haman H2001 saw H7200 (H8799) Mordecai H4782 bow H3766 (H8802) homage H7812 (H8693) Haman...
CONTENTS: Conspiracy of Haman. The king's decree to destroy the Jews. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Haman, Mordecai. CONCLUSION: Though religion in no way stands in the way of good manners, but teaches us t...
Esther 3:1. _Haman the Agagite._ All the kings of Amalek received the name of Agag. This man is thought, by most critics, to have been of the seed- royal of that devoted nation, who bitterly hated the...
_And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not. .. then was Haman full of wrath._ VANITY AND CRUELTY Haman manifests by his behaviour the intimate connection there is between vanity and cruelty. 1. Van...
_After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman._ THE PROSPEROUS WICKED MAN Matthew Henry says: “I wonder what the king saw in man that was commendable or meritorious? It is plain that he was n...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:1 Main Action. The plot to destroy the Jews (Esther 3:1) is foiled by the courageous actions of Esther and Mordecai ...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:5 HAMAN... DISDAINED TO LAY HANDS ON MORDECAI ALONE. Haman hated the Jews and set out to destroy them all. THE WHOLE KINGDOM OF AHASUERUS. This included Jerusalem and the surro...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 3:1. AFTER THESE THINGS] After the events related in the former chapter. The twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, five years after Esther 2:16, but here somewhat sooner. “Th...
EXPOSITION MORDECAI, BY WANT OF RESPECT, OFFENDS HAMAN, AHASUERUS' CHIEF MINISTER. HAMAN, IN REVENGE, RESOLVES TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE NATION OF
And as we get into Chapter 3, After these things the king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. And t...
Daniel 3:19; Esther 1:12; Esther 3:2; Esther 5:9; Genesis 4:5;...