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IN THE THIRD YEAR - In this year, 483 B.C., Xerxes assembled the
governors of provinces at Susa, in connection with his contemplated
expedition against Greece.
THE NOBLES - literally, “the first men....
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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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THE THIRD YEAR: i.e. in 471; six years after the destruction of
Jerusalem. Astyages now seventeen or
COMMANDMENT. Hebrew. _dabar =_ word, precept. Occurs Esther 1:19;
Esther 2:8; Esther 3:15;...
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_in the third year of his reign_ probably b.c. 483.
_unto all his princes and his servants_ The ruins at Persepolis and at
Susa shew that there was abundant accommodation for the exercise of
royal hos...
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I. Pageant of Xerxes, Esther 1:1-22
A. Display
TEXT: Esther 1:1-8
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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who
reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and s...
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_IN THE THIRD YEAR OF HIS REIGN, HE MADE A FEAST UNTO ALL HIS PRINCES
AND HIS SERVANTS; THE POWER OF PERSIA AND MEDIA, THE NOBLES AND
PRINCES OF THE PROVINCES, BEING BEFORE HIM:_
Made a feast unto al...
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1:3 feast (d-11) Specially for drinking, as elsewhere. power (e-20) Or
'army.'...
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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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IN THE THIRD YEAR] i.e. 483 b.c. THY POWER] better, 'the forces': and
so in Nehemiah 8:11....
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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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IN THE THIRD YEAR OF HIS REIGN. — Assuming, as we do, the identity
of Ahasuerus and Xerxes, this will be 483 B.C., when Xerxes held a
meeting at Susa of his princes to make arrangements for invading
G...
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בִּ שְׁנַ֤ת שָׁלֹושׁ֙ לְ מָלְכֹ֔ו
עָשָׂ֣ה מִש
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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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_Reign. When he was solemnly crowned, again, (Tirinus) or removed his
court, (Calmet) and dedicated this new capital, with feasting, &c.
(Haydock)_...
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(2) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of
his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, (3) In the third year of
his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his serv...
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_THE BOOK OF ESTHER_
‘Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus … that in those days
… Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, … how can I
endure to see the evil that shall come unto my...
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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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IN THE THIRD YEAR OF HIS REIGN HE MADE A FEAST UNTO ALL HIS PRINCES,
AND HIS SERVANTS,.... The nobles and officers in his court; on what
account this was cannot be said with certainty, whether the fir...
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In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes
and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and
princes of the provinces, [being] before him:
Ver. 3. _In the thir...
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_Made a feast unto all his princes and his servants_ By his servants
are meant his subjects, who were called servants in the eastern
countries. And it was the manner of the Roman emperors, sometimes t...
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in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes
and his servants, a banquet on a magnificent scale and extending over
a number of days, THE POWER OF PERSIA AND MEDIA, his most imp...
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The King's Banquet...
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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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1-9 The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his
kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is
a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, w...
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Esther 1:3 third H7969 year H8141 reign H4427 (H8800) made H6213
(H8804) feast H4960 officials H8269 powers...
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Esther 1:1
_(with Philippians 4:5)_
I. The book of Esther is to be held in everlasting remembrance, if
only as showing to all ages and to all peoples how much the heavenly
love and care concern thems...
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Esther 1:1 ; ESTHER 8:4
I. Let us observe the outward stage of these events. In the books of
Ezra and Nehemiah, the Persian court forms, as it were, the background
of all the transactions of the histo...
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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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_Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus which
reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia)._
ARTAXERXES
By almost universal acknowledgment now, the sovereign here referred to
is A...
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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 1:2 SUSA, in western PERSIA (now Shush, in
southwestern Iran), was one of Persia’s four capital cities (see
Nehemiah 1
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 1:3. THE POWER OF PERSIA] The king’s body-guard. The princes,
the pashas, or governors of those provinces.
ESTHER 1:4. AN HUNDRED AND FOURSCORE DAYS] We are not obliged to
con...
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THE GREAT FEAST OF KING AHASUERUS AT SUSA, AND THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI
EXPOSITION
THE GREAT FEAST (Esther 1:1). Ki
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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 Kings 3:15; Daniel 3:2; Daniel 3:3; Daniel 5:1; Daniel 5:28;...
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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...