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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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;...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הָמָן֙ לַ † מֶּ֣לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔ושׁ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE JEWS...
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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...
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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...
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FOR:
_ Heb._ meet Or, equal...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 ...
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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....
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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...
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EXPOSITION
HAMAN CASTS LOTS TO OBTAIN A LUCKY DAY FOR HIS ENTERPRISE, AND OBTAINS
A DAY IN THE MONTH ADAR, THE LAST MONTH OF
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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...
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1 Peter 1:1; Acts 16:20; Acts 16:21; Acts 17:6; Acts 17:7;...