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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:9

Vashti the queen made a feast, &c.— Dr. Shaw observes, that, as in former ages, so at present, it is the custom in the eastern countries, at all their festivals and entertainments, for the men to be treated in separate apartments from the women, not the least intercourse or communication being ever allowed between the sexes. See Travels, p. 232.

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See also Esther 1:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Esther 1:9. _ALSO VASHTI THE QUEEN_] [Persian] _Vashti_ is a mere _Persian_ word; and signifies a _beautiful_ or _excellent woman_. _MADE A FEAST FOR THE WOMEN_] The king, having subdued all h...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    VASHTI - If Ahasuerus is Xerxes, Vashti would be Amestris, whom the Greeks regarded as the only legitimate wife of that monarch, and who was certainly married to him before he ascended the throne. The...

  • 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

    VASHTI. The daughter of Alyattes (king of Lydia), married by Cyaxares to his son Astyages after the battle of Halys. See App-57....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Vashti the queen_ If we identify Ahasuerus with Xerxes, the queen here mentioned must have been Amestris, his only wife known to secular history. She was daughter of Otanes (Herod. vii. 61), one of t...

  • 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

    _ALSO VASHTI THE QUEEN MADE A FEAST FOR THE WOMEN IN THE ROYAL HOUSE WHICH BELONGED TO KING AHASUERUS._ Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women. The celebration was double; because, as accor...

  • 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]...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VASHTI] According to Herodotus, Xerxes' queen was called Amestris....

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VASHTI. — According to Gesenius, the name Vashti means _beautiful._ Among the Persians it was customary that one wife of the sovereign should be supreme over the rest, and her we sometimes find exerci...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גַּ֚ם וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַ מַּלְכָּ֔ה עָשְׂתָ֖ה מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה...

  • 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

    Vasthi. Septuagint Astin. (Haydock) --- Serarius suspects she was the king's sister, or daughter, as such marriages were common in Persia. (Tirinus) --- The name is not very different from that of Ato...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (2) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, (3) In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his serv...

  • 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

    ALSO VASHTI THE QUEEN MADE A FEAST FOR THE WOMEN.... For it was not customary with the Persians, nor other eastern nations, to admit of women to their festivals m, but they feasted by themselves. Who...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus. Ver. 9. _Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women_] Heb. A feast, or a compotation of...

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

    _Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women_ While the king entertained the men. For this was the common custom of the Persians, that men and women did not feast together. _In the royal house_ N...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Also Vashti, the queen, made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus, in her own apartments of the palace, for according to Oriental custom the sexes did not mingle a...

  • 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,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, w...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Whilst the king entertained the men; for this was the common custom of the Persians, that men and women did not feast together, but in several places....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 1:9 Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 made H6213 (H8804) feast H4960 women H802 royal H4438 palace H1004 King...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Esther 1:1 _(with Philippians 4:5)_ I. The book of Esther is to be held in everlasting remembrance, if only as showing to all ages and to all peoples how much the heavenly love and care concern thems...

  • 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

    _In the third year of his reign, he made a feast._ THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST It was the third year of the reign of Xerxes. Now we know from the Greek historian Herodotus that in that very year Xerxes...

  • 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 1:6 NO COMPULSION. King Ahasuerus set aside the custom that everyone had to drink whenever the king drank. A separate FEAST FOR THE WOMEN was another departure from normal Persia...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:9 VASHTI, THE PERSIAN MONARCH’S QUEEN I. HER SIGNIFICANT NAME. Those critics who determine the personality of Ahasuerus do not speak so positively about the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    THE GREAT FEAST OF KING AHASUERUS AT SUSA, AND THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI EXPOSITION THE GREAT FEAST (Esther 1:1). Ki

  • 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

    Esther 5:4; Esther 5:8...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Women — While the king entertained the men. For this was the common custom of the Persians, that men and women did not feast together....

  • 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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