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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Esther 1:19

Verse Esther 1:19. That it be not altered] Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and made a part of the constitution of the empire. Perhaps the Persians affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repeated. And this we may understand to be the ground of the saying, The laws of the Medes and Persians, that change not.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED - Compare the margin reference. This was the theory. Practically, the monarch, if he chose, could always dispense with the law. It was therefore quite within his power to restor...

  • 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

    NOT ALTERED. Compare Daniel 6:8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _If it please the king_ a standing formula in proposing royal decrees. So often in this book: cp. Nehemiah 2:5. _a royal commandment_ lit. _a commandment of the kingdom_, i.e. an edict which, though d...

  • 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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. Decree TEXT: Esther 1:13-22 13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment; 14 and the next unto him were Carshe...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED] cp. Daniel 6:8. Any command written in the king's name and sealed with his ring was similarly irrevocable....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED. — Literally, _that it pass not away._ The order having been committed to writing was, in theory at any rate, immutable. The best illustration is the well-known case of Daniel;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִם ־עַל ־הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ טֹ֗וב יֵצֵ֤א דְבַר

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come (n) no more before king A...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Altered. This regarded the more solemn acts, signed by the counsellors, Daniel vi. 17. (Grotius) --- Some decrees were neglected or changed, chap. viii. 9., and 1 Esdras iv. 5, 21., and vi. 1. (Calme...

  • 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

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  • 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

    IF IT PLEASE THE KING, LET THERE GO A ROYAL COMMANDMENT FROM HIM,.... Not only a proclamation made, but a law enacted and published by royal authority: AND LET IT BE WRITTEN AMONG THE LAWS OF THE PER...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasu...

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

    _If it please the king_ Which this cunning politician knew it would do. _That it be not altered_ Which caution was necessary for his own security, lest the king's anger should cool, and the queen shou...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, a special order, or decree, with special reference to this occurrence, AND LET IT BE WRITTEN AMONG THE LAWS OF THE PERSIANS AND THE ME...

  • 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)

    IF IT PLEASE THE KING: _ Heb._ if it be good with the king FROM HIM: _ Heb._ from before him THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED: _ Heb._ that it pass not away UNTO ANOTHER: _ Heb._ unto her companion...

  • 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

    IF IT PLEASE THE KING, which this cunning politician knew it would do. THAT IT BE NOT ALTERED; which caution was necessary for his own security; for if the queen should recover her state and the king'...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 1:19 pleases H2895 (H8804) king H4428 royal H4438 decree H1697 go H3318 (H8799) from H6440 recorded...

  • 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

    _And Memucan answered before the king._ HASTY COUNSELLORS If they had been wise, as counsellors ought to be, they would have been in no haste to give judgment in a matter so important as that which w...

  • 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 1:19 The Persian king’s laws, once WRITTEN, MAY NOT BE REPEALED (see Daniel 6:8). This could cause complications if

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:16 COURTIERS FORSAKE A FAILING CAUSE It is not here asserted that this is a characteristic of courtiers, which may not be observed in other men; for it is a...

  • 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 Kings 3:28; 1 Samuel 15:28; Daniel 6:17; Daniel 6:8; Esther 8:8;...

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