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Verse Esther 5:14. _LET A GALLOWS BE MADE OF FIFTY CUBITS HIGH_] The
word עץ _ets_, which we translate _gallows_, signifies simply
_wood_, a _tree_, or _pole_; and this was to be _seventy-five_ feet...
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A gallows, in the ordinary sense, is scarcely intended, since hanging
was not a Persian punishment. The intention, no doubt, was to crucify
(see the Esther 2:23 note) or impale Mordecai; and the pale...
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ESTHER AND THE KING AND HAMAN'S DELUSION
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. Esther before the king and her request (Esther 5:1)_
2. Haman's delusion (Esther 5:9)
Esther 5:1. On the third day Esther put on her royal ap...
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ESTHER 5. ESTHER OBTAINS THE KING'S FAVOUR AND INVITES HIM WITH HAMAN
TO A BANQUET. Haman's Elation is DASHED BY VEXATION AT MORDECAI'S
REFUSAL TO HONOUR HIM. In Esther 5:1 to Esther 8:3 we read how t...
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GALLOWS. tree: i.e.. stake to which. criminal was fastened till he
died. The same word for cross. Compare Esther 2:23; Esther 7:9. and
see Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39;...
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_Let a gallows be made_ Heb. _tree_. See Esther 2:23. -Fifty cubits"
is a hyperbolical expression meaning exceedingly high. The cubit at
this time was probably equal to six handbreadths, and thus
appr...
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Haman's proposed vengeance upon Mordecai
The greater Haman's excitement and exultation at having reached the
highest pinnacle of dignity attainable by a subject, the more did
Mordecai's conduct rankl...
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THE THING PLEASED HAMAN, AND HE CAUSED THE GALLOWS TO BE MADE— This
gallows was to be fifty feet high, that men might at a greater
distance see the object of Haman's indignation, to the increase of
Mo...
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B. Depravity
TEXT: Esther 5:14
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Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows
be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king
that Mordecai may be h...
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5:14 gallows (a-14) gallows (a-55) Lit. 'tree,' as ch. 2.23. so
elsewhere....
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ESTHER'S PETITION TO THE KING
An account of how Esther, being favourably received by the king,
invited him, together with Haman, to a banquet whereat she promised to
make known her petition, and how...
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A GALLOWS] lit. 'a tree' (or 'stake')....
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 5
V1 On the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing. She stood in
the inner yard of the king’s palace. This yard was in front of the
ki...
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GALLOWS. — Literally, _tree;_ the Hebrew word, as well as the
corresponding Greek word used by the LXX., standing both for the
living tree and the artificial structure. Doubtless the punishment
intend...
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וַ תֹּ֣אמֶר לֹו֩ זֶ֨רֶשׁ אִשְׁתֹּ֜ו
וְ כָל
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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...
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HATRED BREEDS CRIME
Esther 5:1
Thus the soul clad in the royal garments of Christ's righteousness
stands in the throne-room with its request. It has already obtained
favor, for has it not been accept...
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Here we have the story of Esther's venture and its success. Things
might have been very different, but the graciousness of the king,
notwithstanding Esther's violation of the law of the palace, was
un...
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Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows
be made of fifty (g) cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the
king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merr...
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_High. This was to increase the shame. Hence Galba condemned a Roman
citizen to be hung on a high white cross. (Suetonius ix.) --- The Jews
formerly burned a man in effigy with a cross, pretending to...
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(14) Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a
gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the
king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merr...
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Grace Given
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we heard Mordecai say what is considered the most famous
verse from the book of Esther: Esther 4:14 (NKJV) "For if you remain
completely silent at this time,...
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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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THEN SAID ZERESH HIS WIFE, AND ALL HIS FRIENDS, UNTO HIM,.... His wife
very probably first moved it, and all his friends present approved of
it and united in it:
LET A GALLOWS BE MADE, OF FIFTY CUBIT...
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Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows
be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king
that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily...
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_Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends_ They saw how gladly he
would dispense with his own resolution, of deferring the slaughter
till the time determined by the lot, and therefore advise him...
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Then said Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends unto him, Let a
gallows be made of fifty cubit high, the great height serving to
emphasize the execution and its disgrace, AND TOMORROW SPEAK THOU UNTO...
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Haman's Fatuous Security...
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ESTHER'S BANQUET
(vv. 1-8)
After the three days of fasting, Esther's courage enabled her to enter
the inner court of the king's palace, clothed in her royal robes. The
king was sitting on his throne...
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GALLOWS:
_ Heb._ tree...
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9-14 This account of Haman is a comment upon Proverbs 21:24.
Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers. Haman,
the higher he is lifted up, the more impatient he is of contempt, and...
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Esther 5:14 wife H802 Zeresh H2238 friends H157 (H8802) said H559
(H8799) gallows H6086 made H6213 ...
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CONTENTS: Esther's courage in proceeding to obtain favor.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Mordecai, Zeresh.
CONCLUSION: If we have had power with God in prayer we shall find
favor with men in...
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Esther 5:1. On _the third day,_ of the fast: Esther 4:16.
Esther 5:3. _To the half of the kingdom._ This was a word of grace
after the manner of kings. So Herod said to Herodias when she had
pleased h...
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_Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends._
BAD ADVICE
If a proud man make his complaint to you of his unhappiness, you but
make him more unhappy if you advise him to gratify his pride by
unreas...
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_Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal
apparel _
THERE IS NOTHING STATIONARY
“Now it came to pass.
” These words call for special notice in a book which strikingly
illus...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 5:14 There was a GALLOWS in Esther 2:23 but
this is different one, built especially for hanging Mordecai. Its
enormous height (75 feet/23 m) is probably int
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 5:14. THEN SAID ZERESH HIS WIFE AND ALL HIS FRIENDS UNTO HIM,
&C.] The name Zeresh is probably connected with Zered Zara,
“gold.” Compare the Greek _chrysis_.—_Rawlinson_. Zere...
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EXPOSITION
HAMAN, EXULTING AT THESE SIGNS OF ROYAL FAVOUR, IS THE MORE
EXASPERATED AT MORDECAI'S CONTEMPT OF HIM. AT THE BIDDING...
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Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal
apparel, and she stood in the inner court of the king's house: and the
king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal house. And i...
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1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 21:7; 2 Chronicles 22:3; 2 Chronicles 22:4;...
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Fifty cubits — That it may be more conspicuous to all, and thereby
be more disgraceful to Mordecai, and strike all Haman's enemies with a
greater dread of despising or opposing him....