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Verse Esther 10:3. Was _NEXT UNTO KING AHASUERUS_] He was his prime
minister; and, under him, was the governor of the whole empire.
The _Targum_ is extravagant in its encomiums upon Mordecai: "All t...
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MORDECAI ... WAS NEXT UNTO KING AHASUERUS - See Esther 2:5 note.
Artabanus (Esther 1:14 note) was favorite toward the end of Xerxes’
reign, i. e. in his 20th and 21st years....
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AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI: THE CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 10
The three verses with which this book closes tell us of the greatness
of King Ahasuerus. Here also is the record of the increasing greatness
of Morde...
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ESTHER 10. CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK. The final chapter is a short
panegyric on Mordecai: he is praised as wise and kind, a man of high
importance in imperial affairs as well as beloved by all Jews. This...
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NEXT. the second. the Grand Vizier. Compare Esther 8:2.
SPEAKING PEACE. maintaining peace.
HIS SEED: i.e. the People of Israel. N. B. in Persia, not Judea. Thus
was prepared the way for the emancipat...
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Esther 10:1-3. Mordecai's greatness
The connexion of this short chapter with the rest of the Book is
obscure. It may be a fragment of some other work, which, owing to its
subject-matter, came to be a...
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XII. Postscript, Esther 10:1-3
TEXT: Esther 10:1-3
1
And the king Ashasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the
isles of the sea.
2
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the...
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_FOR MORDECAI THE JEW WAS NEXT UNTO KING AHASUERUS, AND GREAT AMONG
THE JEWS, AND ACCEPTED OF THE MULTITUDE OF HIS BRETHREN, SEEKING THE
WEALTH OF HIS_
Mordecia ... was next unto king Ahasuerus ... g...
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THE GREATNESS OF MORDECAI
1. The isles of the sea] or, 'coast lands,' i.e. the countries
bordering on the Mediterranean. The description of the king's dominion
serves to enhance the glory of Mordecai...
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SEEKING THE WEALTH] i.e. seeking to promote their welfare: cp. Ezra
9:12....
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 10
V1 King Xerxes made the people in all his *kingdom pay taxes.
V2 The kings of Media and Persia made official records. These records
incl...
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MORDECAI THE JEW WAS NEXT UNTO KING AHASUERUS. — We have seen that
the events recorded in this book carry us to the year 470 B.C., at
which time Mordecai was at the zenith of his greatness. How long h...
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כִּ֣י ׀ מָרְדֳּכַ֣י הַ יְּהוּדִ֗י
מִשְׁנֶה֙ לַ †...
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THE FEAST OF PURIM
Esther 9:20; Esther 10:1
The Feast of Purim-so called from Esther 3:7 -was held on the 14th and
15th of Adar, our February. The whole of this book was read on the
previous evening...
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Here we have the last picture of this man Mordecai. It is a singularly
fine one. Whatever may have been questionable in some of the methods
he adopted with regard to Esther-and here we are not able to...
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For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among
the Jews, and (a) accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking
the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed....
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_Seed. Benjamin (Itin.) informs us, that both he and the queen were
buried in the chief city of the Medes, which he calls "the great
Hamda;" perhaps the province Mardochæa, (or Greek: Amordakai. Ptol....
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(3) For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among
the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the
wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
W...
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The Feast of Purim
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Esther 10:1 (NKJV) And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land
and [on] the islands of the sea.
Esther 10:2 Now all the acts of his power and his might, and...
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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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FOR MORDECAI THE JEW WAS NEXT UNTO AHASUERUS,.... The second man in
the kingdom, the principal of the counsellors, and prime minister of
state:
AND GREAT AMONG THE JEWS; highly respected by them, in...
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For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among
the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the
wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Ver...
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_Mordecai the Jew was next unto King Ahasuerus_ Long had he sat
contentedly at the king's gate, but now at length he is arrived at the
presidency of the king's council. Men of merit may, for a time, s...
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The Extent of Mordecai's Power....
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For Mordecai, the Jew, was next unto King Ahasuerus, a power next to
the king in the empire, AND GREAT AMONG THE JEWS, influential also
among his own countrymen, AND ACCEPTED OF THE MULTITUDE OF HIS
B...
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THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI
This remarkable book closes with the announcement of the greatness of
the Persian Empire as ruled over by King Ahasuerus.As with every other
kingdom of the nati...
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ACCEPTED OF THE MULTITUDE OF HIS BRETHREN; who did not envy his
greatness, as men most commonly do in such cases, but rejoiced in it,
and blessed God for it, and praised and loved him for his right an...
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CONTENTS: Mordecai made prime minister.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: Men of virtue and true piety may for a time seem to be
kept in obscurity, but often by the hand of God they are s...
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Esther 10:1. _Laid a tribute upon the land._ This was to prepare for
his great expedition, as some suppose, against Europe. But the heathen
historians, so materially contradicting one another, we cann...
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_And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land._
A GOOD GOVERNMENT
A good government--
I. Has a wise system of taxation.
II. Makes its power felt.
III. Places good men in office.
IV. Promo...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 10:3 SECOND IN RANK TO KING AHASUERUS. Similar
to Joseph (see Genesis 41:40). BROTHERS. Fellow Jews....
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CRITICAL NOTES.] AND THE KING AHASUERUS LAID A TRIBUTE UPON THE LAND,
AND UPON THE ISLES OF THE SEA] Tribute—a levy,
tribute-service—means a tax levied, and for this reason that
tribute-service belong...
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EXPOSITION
CONCLUSION.—THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS, AND OF MORDECAI UNDER HIM
(Esther 10:1.). The Book of Esther might have been expected to
terminate with the institution of the Purim feast. All that...
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Now chapter 10 just deals with now the exalting of Mordecai. He was
made, more or less, prime minister over the Persian Empire. He was
given pretty much the office and the role that Haman had had. And...
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1 Samuel 23:17; 2 Chronicles 28:7; Daniel 5:16; Daniel 5:29; Esther
3:2