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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Esther 3:12

On the thirteenth day - Haman had, apparently (compare Esther 3:7 with Esther 3:13), obtained by his use of the lot the 13th day of Adar as the lucky day for destroying the Jews. This may have caused him to fix on the 13th day of another month for the commencement of his enterprise. So, the Jews throughout the empire had from 9 to 11 months of warning of the peril which threatened them.

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See also Esther 3:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 12. _UNTO THE KING'S LIEUTENANTS_] אחשדרפני _achashdarpeney_. This is in all probability another _Persian_ word, for there is nothing like it in the _Hebrew_ language, nor can it be fairly dedu...

  • 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

    THE THIRTEENTH DAY. Ominous number. See App-10. Note the three thirteens: Esther 3:12; Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _scribes secretaries_, such as attended Xerxes in his expedition against Greece. [70] [70] Herodotus says that "seated beneath a golden awning [in a Sidonian galley] he sailed along the prows of all...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. Sentence of Xerxes TEXT: Esther 3:12-15 12 Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN WERE THE KING'S SCRIBES CALLED ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, AND THERE WAS WRITTEN ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HAMAN HAD COMMANDED UNTO THE KING'S LIEUTENANTS, AND TO THE GOVERNORS THAT WE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    3:12 governors (b-35) Or 'pachas.' so chs. 8.9; 9.3....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH] Eleven months were thus to elapse between the issue of the decree and its execution. LIEUTENANTS] lit. 'satraps,' of whom, according to Herodotus, there were tw...

  • 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

    ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH. — From the next verse we see that the thirteenth of Adar was to be the lucky day for Haman’s purpose, which may have suggested the thirteenth of Nisan as a su...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקָּרְאוּ֩ סֹפְרֵ֨י הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ בַּ †...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lieutenants. Literally, "satraps." Hebrew achashdarpene, "courtiers," (Haydock) or those who are int he presence of his majesty, or porters. (Calmet) --- They were entrusted with the care of the diff...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (12) Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors tha...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • 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

    THEN WERE THE KING'S SCRIBES CALLED, ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH,.... The month Nisan, Esther 3:7, after Haman had leave and power from the king to destroy the Jews, and his ring given hi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that [we...

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

    _Then were the king's scribes called_ This he did so speedily, though it was a year before the intended execution, lest the king should change his mind, either through his own clemency, or the persuas...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then were the king's scribes called, the secretaries who were always in attendance upon him, ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, for Haman lost no time after deciding upon his plans, AND THERE W...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE JEWS...

  • 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)

    SCRIBES: Or, secretaries...

  • 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

    THEN WERE THE KING'S SCRIBES CALLED: this he did so speedily, though it was a year before the intended execution, lest the king should change his mind, either by his own clemency, or by the persuasion...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 3:12 kings H4428 scribes H5608 (H8802) called H7121 (H8735) thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 first...

  • 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

    _Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day._ FRUITLESS PREPARATIONS I. Here is unseemly haste. II. Here are inconsistent precursory measures. Wickedness renders a man inconsistent....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:12 THE FIRST MONTH. Presumably of the following (13th) year of Ahasuerus’s reign (see v. Esther 3:7). the twelfth month

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 3:12.] The scribes of Xerxes are mentioned more than once by Herodotus. They appear to have been in constant attendance on the monarch, ready to indite his edicts, or to note d...

  • 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 Kings 21:8; Daniel 6:12; Daniel 6:15; Daniel 6:8; Esther 1:22;...

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