Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Esther 3:1
Agagite — An Amalekite of the royal seed of that nation, whose kings were successively called Agag. All the princes — Gave him the first place and seat, which was next to the king.
Agagite — An Amalekite of the royal seed of that nation, whose kings were successively called Agag. All the princes — Gave him the first place and seat, which was next to the king.
CHAPTER III _Ahasuerus exalts Haman the Agagite, and commands all his_ _officers to do him reverence, which Mordecai refuses_, 1-3. _Haman, informed of Mordecai's refusal, plots his destruction,_...
The name, Haman, is probably the same as the Classical Omanes, and in ancient Persian, “Umana”, an exact equivalent of the Greek “Eumenes.” Hammedatha is perhaps the same as “Madata” or “Mahadata”, an...
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...
AFTER THESE THINGS. Hainan was not made Grand Vizier till five years later. See Esther 3:7. AHASUERUS. See note on Esther 1:1. AGAGITE.. descendant of Amalekite kings (Numbers 24:7;...
Esther 3:1-6. Haman offended by Mordecai's refusal to make obeisance 1. _After these things_ i.e. between the seventh (Esther 2:16) and the twelfth (Esther 3:7) years of Xerxes" reign. Haman the son...
HAMAN—THE AGAGITE— This man was descended in a direct line from Agag, whom Samuel hewed in pieces in Gilgal. Calmet....
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...
_AFTER THESE THINGS DID KING AHASUERUS PROMOTE HAMAN THE SON OF HAMMEDATHA THE AGAGITE, AND ADVANCED HIM, AND SET HIS SEAT ABOVE ALL THE PRINCES THAT WERE WITH HIM._ After these things did king Ahasu...
3:1 Agagite, (b-13) 'Agag' is probably a title of the kings of Amalek....
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...
III. (1) HAMAN... THE AGAGITE. — Nothing appears to be known of Haman save from this book. His name, as well as that of his father and his sons, is Persian; and it is thus difficult to see the meaning...
אַחַ֣ר ׀ הַ דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ אֵ֗לֶּה גִּדַּל֩ הַ
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...
Aman means, "a disturber." (Haydock) --- Who. Septuagint add, "Bougaios, or Gogaios." Gog designates Scythia, where Aman might have been born. Pliny ([Natural History?] iv. 12.) places there the lake...
CONTENTS We have here the church of GOD brought into great danger, and threatened with total destruction. Haman the Agagite is advanced by the king to great honors; being slighted by Mordecai he dete...
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...
AFTER THESE THINGS,.... After the marriage of Esther, and the discovery of the conspiracy to take away the king's life, five years after, as Aben Ezra observe, at least more than four years, for so it...
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that [were] with him. Ver. 1. _After these things did A...
_After these things_ About five years after, as appears from Esther 3:7. _Did Ahasuerus promote Haman the Agagite_ An Amalekite, of the seed-royal of that nation, whose kings were successively called...
HAMAN PLANS REVENGE AGAINST MORDECAI...
After these things, some four years after the elevation of Esther to the position of queen, DID KING AHASUERUS PROMOTE HAMAN, THE SON OF HAMMEDATHA, THE AGAGITE, making him a great man in the empire,...
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...
ESTHER CHAPTER 3 Haman is advanced by the king, ESTHER 3:1,2. Being despised by Mordecai, he seeketh to destroy all the Jews, ESTHER 3:2. He casteth lots, ESTHER 2:7; and accusing the Jews to the king...
Esther 3:1 After H310 things H1697 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 promoted H1431 (H8765) Haman H2001 son H1121 Hammedatha...
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...
_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 ...
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...
1 Samuel 15:33; 1 Samuel 15:8; Daniel 6:2; Esther 1:14; Esther 7:6;...