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Esther 3:8

ESTHER—NOTE ON Esther 3:8 they do not keep the king’s laws. A reference to Mordecai’s refusal to bow (v. Esther 3:2), implying that all Jews behave similarly. not to the king’s profit. A clever tactic by Haman. The remission of taxes (Esther 2:18) and Ahasuerus’s unsuccessful war with Greece in 480 B.C. may have left the royal treasury low on funds.

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See also Esther 3:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Esther 3:8. _THEIR LAWS_ ARE _DIVERSE FROM ALL PEOPLE_] Such they certainly were; for they worshipped the _true_ God according to _his_ _own laws_; and this was not done by any other people then...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HAMAN SAID. Having got the month and the day (the thirteenth, see Esther 3:13, compare App-10), he could go to the king, THERE IS. CERTAIN PEOPLE. Would it have been necessary for Haman thus to have e...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _scattered abroad_ better, as marg., _separated_. _peoples_ See on Esther 1:11. _in all the provinces of thy kingdom_ The Jews who availed themselves of Cyrus's decree permitting their return to Jeru...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 447 HAMAN’S MURDEROUS PROPOSAL Esther 3:8. And Haman said unto King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Subterfuge of Haman TEXT: Esther 3:7-11 7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HAMAN SAID UNTO KING AHASUERUS, THERE IS A CERTAIN PEOPLE SCATTERED ABROAD AND DISPERSED AMONG THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE PROVINCES OF THY KINGDOM; AND THEIR LAWS ARE DIVERSE FROM ALL PEOPLE; NEITHER...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A CERTAIN PEOPLE SCATTERED ABROAD... — A certain part of the nation had returned with Zerub-babel, but (Ezra 2:64) these only amounted to 42,360, so that the great majority of the nation had preferred...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הָמָן֙ לַ † מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔ושׁ...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Another, as the ten tribes were from Juda, or rather (Haydock) they were scattered about the empire. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "and dispersed; and their laws are different from all other people's; neither...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (8) And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neith...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • 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 HAMAN SAID UNTO KING AHASUERUS, Or "had said" r, as some choose to render it; nor indeed is it likely that Haman should cast lots to know when would be a proper time to destroy the Jews, until he...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither...

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

    _And Haman said unto King Ahasuerus_ After he had found which would be a lucky day for putting his design into execution; _There is a certain people scattered abroad_ Mean and contemptible, not worthy...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE JEWS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Haman, still enjoying the king's favor to the full, SAID UNTO KING AHASUERUS, THERE IS A CERTAIN PEOPLE SCATTERED ABROAD AND DISPERSED AMONG THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE PROVINCES OF THY KINGDOM, skillfu...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FOR: _ Heb._ meet Or, equal...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-15 Without some acquaintance with the human heart, and the history of mankind, we should not think that any prince could consent to a dreadful proposal, so hurtful to himself. Let us be thankful fo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THERE IS A CERTAIN PEOPLE, mean and contemptible, not worthy to be named. DISPERSED AMONG THE PEOPLE; who therefore, if tolerated, may poison all thy subjects with their pernicious principles; and who...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 3:8 Haman H2001 said H559 (H8799) King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 is H3426 certain H259 people H5971 scattered...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus._ LISTENING TO SCANDAL If we blame Ahasuerus for too readily listening to the invective of Haman, and condemning the Jews untried and unheard, we should be on our...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 3:8.] The Jews were at this time a people scattered abroad. From the fall of Samaria the tribes of Israel had become more and more dispersed among the people in all the provinc...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION HAMAN CASTS LOTS TO OBTAIN A LUCKY DAY FOR HIS ENTERPRISE, AND OBTAINS A DAY IN THE MONTH ADAR, THE LAST MONTH OF

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:1; Acts 16:20; Acts 16:21; Acts 17:6; Acts 17:7;...

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