Esther 7:2
VII. (2) WHAT IS THY PETITION? — The king takes for granted that Esther’s invitations to her banquets do not constitute her real request, but merely prepare the way for it.... [ Continue Reading ]
VII. (2) WHAT IS THY PETITION? — The king takes for granted that Esther’s invitations to her banquets do not constitute her real request, but merely prepare the way for it.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE ARE SOLD. — See above, Esther 3:9. TO BE DESTROYED.... — Literally, _to destroy and to kill, and to cause to perish._ The identical words used in the king’s proclamation for the destruction of the Jews. Herein Esther at once makes confession of her nationality, and relying on the king’s still re... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS AFRAID.... — Shrank back in terror before... See the use of the word in 1 Chronicles 21:30; Daniel 8:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. — Heb., _the evil, the doom. _... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BED — _i.e.,_ the couch on which she had been reclining at the banquet. This was the customary posture at meals, not only of the Persians, but also of the Greeks and Romans, and of the later Jews. The Last Supper was thus eaten. Haman had obviously thrown himself at the queen’s feet to ask for m... [ Continue Reading ]
HARBONAH. — See Esther 1:10. ONE OF THE CHAMBERLAINS.... — Translate, _one of the chamberlains [who stood,_ or _served] before the king, said._ HANG HIM. — In the LXX., _let him be crucified._ The climax of the story is now reached in the pithy words, “They hanged Haman upon the gallows that he had... [ Continue Reading ]