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Esther 1:15

What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law Heb. According to law what is there to do unto the queen Vashti?thus giving the question a slightly more judicial air, as though the king were considering the matter quite dispassionately, and simply in the interests of his kingdom.

done the bidding a little less heavy form of expression than A.V. -performed the commandment."

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WHAT SHALL WE DO: _ Heb._ what to do?...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 1:15 do H6213 (H8800) Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 law H1881 obey H6213 (H8804) command H3982 King...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    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...

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