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Verse Esther 6:3. _WHAT HONOUR AND DIGNITY HATH BEEN DONE TO
MORDECAI_] It is certain he found nothing in the record; and had any
thing been done, that was the most likely place to find it....
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It was a settled principle of the Persian government that “Royal
Benefactors” were to receive an adequate reward. The names of such
persons were placed on a special roll, and care was taken that they...
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THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT AND MORDECAI'S EXALTATION
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The sleepless night (Esther 6:1)_
2. The exaltation of Mordecai (Esther 6:4)
3. Haman anticipates his doom (Esther 6:12)...
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ESTHER 6. HAMAN IS COMPELLED TO DO PUBLIC HONOUR TO MORDEEAI. Now
comes a dramatic scene. Providence is at work, and the clouds are
opening. In the night between Esther's two drinking-feasts, the king...
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Esther 6:1-11. Mordecai's elevation
In this section we are shewn the strange concatenation of apparently
trivial circumstances which collectively have the effect of bestowing
the highest reward and m...
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VII. Panic of Haman, Esther 6:1-14
A. Appreciation
TEXT: Esther 6:1-5
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On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the
book of records of the chronicles, and they were read...
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_AND THE KING SAID, WHAT HONOUR AND DIGNITY HATH BEEN DONE TO MORDECAI
FOR THIS? THEN SAID THE KING'S SERVANTS THAT MINISTERED UNTO HIM,
THERE IS NOTHING DONE FOR HIM._
The king's servants that minis...
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6:3 servants (c-19) Elsewhere 'young men.'...
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MORDECAI IS HONOURED
An account of how the king being reminded of Mordecai's services, and
wishing to reward him, consulted Haman, and how Haman, thinking
himself the object of the king's interest, c...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 6
V1 That night the king could not sleep. He ordered that someone
should bring the book of the official records of his rule. He ordered
tha...
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WHAT HONOUR AND DIGNITY HATH BEEN DONE. — The names of those who
were thought worthy of being accounted “royal benefactors” were
enrolled on a special list, and they were supposed to be suitably
rewar...
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GRATITUDE FOR A FORGOTTEN SERVICE
Esther 6:1
There was a divine providence in this royal sleeplessness. On the very
next night Haman would be hanging on the gallows, and it would be too
late for him...
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In the economy of God vast issues follow apparently trivial things. A
sleepless night is in itself transient and almost trivial. Yet it has
often been a time of revelation and surprise, affecting the...
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And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai
(a) for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,
There is nothing done for him.
(a) For he thought it unwort...
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_No reward at all. He received some presents from the king; (chap.
xii. 5.) but these were so inconsiderable in the opinion of the
courtiers, that they esteemed them as nothing at all; (Challoner) and...
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(3) And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to
Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto
him, There is nothing done for him.
Reader! look still with your...
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Sleepless Nights
A man's definition of childish games = the ones at which your wife
beats you!
A young girl said to her pastor, "I'm afraid I've committed the sin of
vanity." To which the pastor rep...
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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...
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AND THE KING SAID, WHAT HONOUR AND DIGNITY HATH BEEN DONE TO MORDECAI
FOR THIS?.... He judged it an action worthy of regard, and what ought
to be rewarded, as it was the saving of his life; but had fo...
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And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai
for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,
There is nothing done for him.
Ver. 3. _And the king said, What...
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_There is nothing done for him_ He hath had no recompense for this
great and good service. _The king said, Who is in the court_ It is
likely it was now morning, when the courtiers used to be in waitin...
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And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai
for this? He implied that it was self-evident that a royal reward
should be assigned to Mordecai. THEN SAID THE KING'S SERVANTS THA...
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THE KING ASKS HAMAN'S ADVICE...
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The same night that Haman had had a gallows made on which to hang
Mordecai, the Lord intervened in a most amazing way, causing the king
to be unable to sleep and moving him to have the book of records...
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1-3 The providence of God rules over the smallest concerns of men. Not
a sparrow falls to the ground without him. Trace the steps which
Providence took towards the advancement of Mordecai. The king co...
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He hath had no recompence for this great and good service; which might
happen, either through the king's forgetfulness, or through the envy
of the courtiers, or because he was a Jew, and therefore odi...
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Esther 6:3 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) honor H3366 dignity H1420
bestowed H6213 (H8738) Mordecai H4782 kings...
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CONTENTS: Haman compelled to exalt Mordecai.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Mordecai, Zeresh.
CONCLUSION: God's wisdom and grace is seen in the way He times the
means of deliverance for His p...
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Esther 6:1. _That night could not the king sleep,_ the reveries of his
mind being excited by guardian angels. See on Psalms 34:7. The LXX
read, “But the Lord moved the king that night by dreams.”
RE...
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_There is nothing done for him._
MERIT OVERLOOKED
Modest merit is overlooked, while the aspiring, the ambitious, and the
time-serving rise to honour and riches. Nor is ingratitude confined to
courts...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 6:2.] The name Bigthana is in Esther 2:21 written Bigthan.
ESTHER 6:3.] The king’s question means what honour and reward has
been assigned him? What has been apportioned? How...
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EXPOSITION
AHASUERUS, BEING WAKEFUL DURING THE NIGHT, HAS THE BOOK OF THE
CHRONICLES READ TO HIM, AND FINDS THAT MORDECAI HAS...
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Now that night king Ahasuerus couldn't go to sleep (Esther 6:1),
He's lying there restless. No doubt God was in the restlessness. And
so he said,
bring to me the chronicles [the history]; read to me...
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1 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 17:26; Acts 28:8; D
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Nothing — He hath had no recompence for this great and good service.
Which might either happen through the king's forgetfulness; or through
the envy of the courtiers; or because he was a Jew, and ther...