So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. Ver. 1. _So the king and Haman came to the banquet_] Heb. To drink, for _multorum vivere est bibere; _ of many, to live is to drink, and profane persons have a proverb, _Bibere et sudare est vita Cardiaci._ To drink and to sweat is the li... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What [is] thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? and it shall be performed, [even] to the half of the kingdom. Ver. 2. _And the king said again unto Esther_] He was very desir... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: Ver. 3. _Then Esther the queen, &c._] See Esther 5:7,8. As Abigail her family, and the woman of Abel the city, so dot... [ Continue Reading ]
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. Ver. 4. _For we are sold_] _i.e._ Given up wholly into the power of the enemy, as that... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? Ver. 5. _Then the king Ahasuerus answered, &c._] It seems he did not yet, by all that Esther had said, understand whom she meant; so high an opinion he had of Haman... [ Continue Reading ]
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. Ver. 6. _And Esther said_] Now she found her time to strike while the iron was hot; she therefore layeth hold upon the opportunity that God had even thrust into her hand, and laying... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. Ver. 7. _And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath_] As... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther [was]. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. Ver. 8. _Then... [ Continue Reading ]
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. Ver. 9. And Harbonah, one of the king's chamberlains, &... [ Continue Reading ]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. _10. So they hanged Haman on the gallows_] Heb. tree. Neither hanged they him only to death; but crucified or nailed his dead body to the tree, for greater ignominy. So some gather from Esther... [ Continue Reading ]