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Esther 5:6

What is thy petition? Esther having hazarded her life, the king recognises that she has some weighty reason for such an act, and in the cheerfulness induced by the banquet a frame of mind upon which Esther had doubtless calculated he repeats his question towards the end of the feast (see Herod. i. 133).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Esther 5:6. _THE BANQUET OF WINE_] At that part of the banquet when the _wine_ was introduced....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE BANQUET OF WINE - After the meats were removed, it was customary in Persia to continue the banquet for a considerable time with fruits and wine. During this part of the feast, the king renewed his...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHAT IS THY PETITION? He must have seen that there was something behind the mere banquet. PETITION. question. REQUEST. wish....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Curiosity TEXT: Esther 5:5-8 5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that it may be done as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. 6 And...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN THE KING SAID, CAUSE HAMAN TO MAKE HASTE, THAT HE MAY DO AS ESTHER HATH SAID. SO THE KING AND HAMAN CAME TO THE BANQUET THAT ESTHER HAD PREPARED._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BANQUET OF WINE] This presumably followed the dinner. Herodotus states that the Persians, though moderate at their meals, were much addicted to wine....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE BANQUET OF WINE. — The continuation of the banquet of Esther 5:5 : the dessert, so to speak....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ מֶּ֤לֶךְ לְ אֶסְתֵּר֙ בְּ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of (d) wine, What [is] thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. (d) B...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Wine. The Persians did not drink till the end of the feast, (as the Turks are said to do at present. Tavernier) when they fall upon wine without any moderation. (\'c6lian, Hist. xii. 1.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. (7) Then a...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE KING SAID UNTO ESTHER AT THE BANQUET OF WINE,.... For such it seems the banquet was she prepared; it was not properly a meal, neither dinner nor supper, but a drinking bout; or, however, it wa...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What [is] thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. Ver. 6. _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The banquet of wine_ So called, because it consisted not of meats, which probably the king had plentifully eaten before, but of fruits and wines; which banquets were very frequent among the Persians,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Esther's Invitation To The King...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the king, feeling that there was something very important that Esther wished to discuss with him and request of him, SAID UNTO ESTHER AT THE BANQUET OF WINE, when they had reached that part of the...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Esther having had power with God, and prevailing, like Jacob, had power with men too. He that will lose his life for God, shall save it, or find it in a better life. The king encouraged her. Let...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AT THE BANQUET OF WINE; either, 1. At the latter end of the feast, when they used to drink wine more freely, whereas in the former part most of their drink was water. Or, 2. At her banquet; which is...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 5:6 banquet H4960 wine H3196 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) Esther H635 petition H7596 granted H5414 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 5:4 THE FEAST THAT I WILL PREPARE. Another feast, on the following day. Esther puts Haman further off guard, and makes sure the king is in the best possible mood, before making h...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 5:6. AND THE KING SAID UNTO ESTHER AT THE BANQUET OF WINE] After the meats were removed it was customary in Persia to continue the banquet for a considerable time with fruits...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION AHASUERUS RECEIVING ESTHER FAVOURABLY, SHE INVITES HIM AND HAMAN TO A BANQUET. ALLOWED TO ASK WHATEVER BOON SHE LIKES, SHE INVITES

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Esther 5:3; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:12...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Of wine — So called, because it consisted not of meats, which probably the king had plentifully eaten before, but of fruits and wines; which banquets were very frequent among the Persians....

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