Esther 8:1
ON THAT DAY. Contrast "On that night", Esther 6:1. THE JEWS' ENEMY. See note on Esther 3:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THAT DAY. Contrast "On that night", Esther 6:1. THE JEWS' ENEMY. See note on Esther 3:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAVE IT UNTO MORDECAI. Compare Esther 3:10. Note how God honoured godly Jews in foreign courts: Joseph next to Pharaoh; Moses the heir to the throne of Egypt; Daniel next to Darius in Babylon; Mordecai next to Astyages in Shushan. OVER THE HOUSE OF HAINAN. Wonderful retribution.... [ Continue Reading ]
MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. Same word as "evil", Esther 7:7. HAMAN THE AGAGITE. See notes on Esther 2:5 with Esther 3:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF IT PLEASE THE KING. Note the _Alternation_ in this verse: The king. "If it please the king. "Esther. "And if. have found favour. "The king. "And... before the king. "Esther. "And. be pleasing in his eyes. " THE JEWS. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "all the Jews".... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Same word as "mischief", Esther 8:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
GALLOWS. See note on Esther 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKETH. pleaseth. Compare Esther 3:11. MAY NO MAN REVERSE. But Compare Esther 3:12, and see App-23.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDED UNTO. charged. Hebrew. _zavah._ See note on "law", Esther 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
POSTS ON HORSEBACK. couriers on horseback. Haman's "posts" were runners on foot (Esther 3:13; Esther 3:15), hut speed was now essential. See Esther 9:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR LIFE. themselves. Hebrew. _nephesh._ DESTROY... SLAY... PERISH. Figure of speech _Synonymia_, for emphasis. See note on Esther 3:13. POWER. force. Hebrew. _hayil,_ as in Esther 1:3. Not _shalat =_ mastery, as in Esther 9:1. or _tokeph =_ authority, as in Esther 9:29. LITTLE ONES. These were... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRTEENTH. See note on Esther 3:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
A COMMANDMENT. an imperial decree. PEOPLE. the peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
HASTENED. Hebrew. _bahal._ See note on Esther 6:10. COMMANDMENT. word. Hebrew. _dabar._ See note on Esther 1:12. DECREE. See note on Esther 2:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for joy.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAME JEWS. made common cause with the Jews.... [ Continue Reading ]