-
Verse Esther 3:13. _TO DESTROY, SO KILL, AND TO CAUSE TO PERISH_] To
put the whole of them to death in _any manner_, or by _every way_ and
_means_.
TAKE _THE SPOIL OF THEM FOR A PREY._] Thus, whoeve...
-
Present, the Jews keep three days - the 13th, the 14th, and the 15th
of Adar - as connected with “the Feast of Purim;” but they make
the 13th a fast, commemorative of the fast of Esther Esther 4:16, a...
-
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...
-
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...
-
POSTS. the hand of the runners. Compare Esther 8:10.
DESTROY... KILL... CAUSE TO PERISH. Note the Figure of speech
_Synonymia_, to emphasize the utter destruction contemplated.
PERISH. Hebrew. _'abad...
-
_And letters were sent by posts_ Xenophon tells us (_Cyr._viii. 6. 17)
that these were carefully organised by Cyrus in the Persian Empire,
and continued after his time. Stations were established at co...
-
LETTERS WERE SENT BY POSTS— The first institution of _posts_ is
generally ascribed to the Persians; for the kings of Persia, as
Diodorus Siculus observes, lib. 19: in order that they might have
intell...
-
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...
-
_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...
-
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...
-
POSTS] Horsemen (cp. href='190 8:10'>Est 8:10) were posted at regular
intervals of a day's journey along the main roads to transmit in
succession the messages they received until they reached their
de...
-
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...
-
POSTS. — Literally, _the runners._ (See Note on Esther 1:22.)...
-
וְ נִשְׁלֹ֨וחַ סְפָרִ֜ים בְּ יַ֣ד הָ
רָצִים֮
-
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...
-
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...
-
Messengers. Literally, "runners." (Haydock) --- Posts were first
established in Persia, and were the admiration of other nations,
though nothing compared with ours, as they were not regular, nor for
t...
-
(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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
AND THE LETTERS WERE SENT BY POST INTO ALL THE KING'S PROVINCES,....
Or by the runners x; by which it seems as if these letters were
carried by running footmen, men swift of foot; or rather they were...
-
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to
destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and
old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thir...
-
_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...
-
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, for
the system of royal posts by means of runners along the military
highways was highly developed in Persia, TO DESTROY, TO KILL, AND...
-
THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE JEWS...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Which was to oblige them to the greater severity and readiness, to
execute this edict for their own advantage....
-
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...
-
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...
-
_To kill, and to cause to perish._
A WICKED MASSACRE
The wickedness of the intended massacre does not rest with Ahasuerus
and Haman. Great multitudes of the king’s subjects must participate
in the gu...
-
_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....
-
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 ...
-
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
-
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...
-
EXPOSITION
HAMAN CASTS LOTS TO OBTAIN A LUCKY DAY FOR HIS ENTERPRISE, AND OBTAINS
A DAY IN THE MONTH ADAR, THE LAST MONTH OF
-
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...
-
1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 8:10; Es