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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:12

Therefore was the king very wroth— His anger was the more immoderate because his blood was heated with wine, which made his passion too strong for his reason; otherwise he would not have thought it decent for the queen to have her beauty, which was very great, exposed in this unusual manner. See Bishop Patrick.

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See also Esther 1:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 12. _VASHTI REFUSED TO COME_] And much should she be commended for it. What woman, possessing even a common share of _prudence_ and _modesty_, could consent to expose herself to the view of such...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS THE BANQUETS AND QUEEN VASHTI DISOWNED CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The first feast of the king (Esther 1:1)_ 2. The king's feast unto all the people (Esther 1:5) 3. The queen's feast...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER 1. THE ROYAL FEAST. VASHTI'S DISOBEDIENCE AND DEGRADATION. The opening words in MT (and it came to pass) are in good Heb style, which shows that an able scribe wrote here. But they prove that s...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    REFUSED. Probably because sent for by servants; not by the nobles (Esther 1:3), and before the "peoples" (Esther 1:5)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Vashti's disgrace 10. _he commanded Mehuman etc._ The names of the seven chamberlains, or rather, eunuchs, who were sent to fetch Vashti, vary much in their form in the LXX. and other versions. Their...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _refused to come_ as being aware of the insults likely to be put upon her in a scene of drunken revelry, and by a king so capricious and uncontrolled in temper....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Defiance TEXT: Esther 1:9-12 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _TO BRING VASHTI THE QUEEN BEFORE THE KING WITH THE CROWN ROYAL, TO SHEW THE PEOPLE AND THE PRINCES HER BEAUTY: FOR SHE WAS FAIR TO LOOK ON._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DISGRACE OF QUEEN VASHTI 1. Ahasuerus] LXX has 'Artaxerxes,' but probably 'Xerxes,' the son of Darius Hystaspis, is meant, who succeeded his father in 485 b.c. INDIA.. ETHIOPIA]...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF ESTHER The events that the first chapter of the book of Esther describes happened about 483 BC (Before Christ). Over 100 years ea...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תְּמָאֵ֞ן הַ מַּלְכָּ֣ה וַשְׁתִּ֗י לָ בֹוא

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    AHASUERUS AND VASHTI Esther 1:1 THE character of Ahasuerus illustrates the Nemesis of absolutism, by showing how unlimited power is crushed and dissolved beneath the weight of its own immensity. The...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    VASHTI'S NOBLE REFUSAL Esther 1:1 The book opens with a royal festival, which lasted for six months, Esther 1:1. Perhaps the princes came up from their governments to partake of it in rotation. It fi...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The events recorded in the Book of Esther occurred between the completion of the Temple and the mission of Ezra (between Ezra 6:1; Ezr 7:1-28). In all likelihood the narrative, as we have it, was take...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Fury. This is the usual consequences of excess. (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (10) В¶ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the pr...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    Introduction to Esther I. INTRODUCTION A. As we begin the book of Esther, it is appropriate to "set it up" by way of little history. 1. The book was written approximately 465 years before the birth...

  • 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

    BUT THE QUEEN REFUSED TO CAME AT THE KING'S COMMANDMENT BY HIS CHAMBERLAINS,.... Even though he sent by them again, as the Targum; and so says Josephus o; which might not purely arise from pride in he...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. Ver. 12. But the queen Vashti refused to come at...

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

    _The queen Vashti refused to come_ Being favoured in this refusal by the law of Persia, which was, to keep men's wives, and especially queens, from the view of other men. _His anger burned in him_ It...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But the Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains; therefore was the king very wroth, all the more because her refusal of obedience happened upon this state occasion,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST FEAST OF THE KING (vv. 1-4) Ahasuerus was a name given to the chief king of Persia.The Ahasuerus of verse 1 is recorded in history as Xerxes 1. His empire extended over a very large area,...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BY HIS CHAMBERLAINS: _ Heb._ which was by the hand of his Eunuchs...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-22 Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But whe...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    VASHTI REFUSED TO COME; being favoured in this refusal by the laws and customs of Persia, which was to keep men's wives, and especially queens, as much as might be from the view of other men....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 1:12 Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 refused H3985 (H8762) come H935 (H8800) kings H4428 command H1697 by...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Ahasuerus' great feast and the story of Vashti. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Vashti, Memucan, Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena. CONCLUSION: Better is a dinner of herbs with q...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Esther 1:1. _From India even to Ethiopia._ Darius the Mede appointed one hundred and twenty governors. Hence it appears that this Ahasuérus, the Xerxes Longimanus of Herodotus, had enlarged his conque...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _To bring Vashti the queen before the king._ VANITY Whatever be the ruling passion of a man, whether it be pride, vanity, or anger, or lust, or impiety, or even benevolence, it will display itself wh...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:1 Introduction. The author sets the scene for the main action by describing Queen Vashti’s downfall (Esther 1:1), her replacement by Esther ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:12 The author does not explain why VASHTI REFUSED TO COME. Even the queen was expected to obey the king absolutely. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 1:12. VASHTI REFUSED TO COME] It was regarded as something unheard of if the queen appeared in public unveiled.—_Lange_. Vashti means the best. ESTHER 1:13. WHICH KNEW THE TI...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI (Esther 1:10). On the seventh day of the feast "to all in Shushan" (Esther 1:5), the king having excited himself with drink, took it into his head to send a message...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let us turn to the book of Esther for our study. The book of Esther is not in a chronological order in these books of history. If the book of Esther were placed in a chronological order, it would have...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 3:1; Daniel 2:12; Daniel 3:13; Daniel 3:19; Deuteronomy 29:20;

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Refused — Being favoured in this refusal by the law of Persia, which was to keep mens wives, and especially queens, from the view of other men....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How could Esther participate in a pagan beauty contest? PROBLEM: It is evident that Esther was selected by God as His instrument to deliver Israel from evil at the appointed time (Esther 4:14). Howev...

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