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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Esther 2:10

Verse Esther 2:10. Esther had not showed her people] This might have prejudiced her with the king; for it was certainly no credit at the Persian court to be a Jew; and we shall find from the sequel that those who were in the Persian dominions were far from being reputable, or in a safe state. Besides, had her lineage been known, envy might have prevented her from ever having access to the king.

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See also Esther 2:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The Persians had no special contempt for the Jews; but, of course, they despised more or less all the subject races. Esther, with her Aryan name, may have passed for a native Persian....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN. Ere long Ahasuerus longs for his lost queen's comradeship. He is moved to issue a summons throughout all his territories, commanding all fair maidens to appear as candidates for t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT SHEWED. Not till Esther 7:3. This was Mordecai's wisdom. Compare Esther 2:20....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred_ We must suppose that it would easily be discovered that she, like many of her companions (see Esther 2:3), was not Persian by nation. Thus what she d...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Solicitude of Mordecai TEXT: Esther 2:5-11 5 There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite, 6 who had...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ESTHER HAD NOT SHEWED HER PEOPLE NOR HER KINDRED: FOR MORDECAI HAD CHARGED HER THAT SHE SHOULD NOT SHEW IT._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:10 birth; (g-10) Or 'kindred.' see Numbers 10:30 ; Ruth 2:11 , 'nativity.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN. MORDECAI'S SERVICE 1. He remembered, etc.] LXX has 'he thought no more of Vashti, remembering what,' etc....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 V1 Later, when the king was not still angry, he thought about Vashti. He remembered what she had done. And he remembered the law that he h...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ESTHER HAD NOT SHEWED ... — From the hope on Mordecai’s part that she might pass for a native Persian, and that her Jewish birth should be no hindrance to her advancement. The king does not learn his...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹא ־הִגִּ֣ידָה אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֶת ־עַמָּ֖הּ וְ אֶ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE SERVICE OF A FOREIGNER Esther 2:1 Esther's Hebrew name meant Myrtle. It could not have been easy for her to retain her sweet simplicity amid the corruptions of her time, but her Persian name mean...

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

    In this chapter we have a revelation of customs obtaining in the household of the king. We can read them with thankfulness that wherever the purifying forces of revealed religion have operated they ha...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Would. Hebrew, "had not declared." He was not influenced to treat her thus on account of her royal extraction. (Haydock) --- In effect, the Jews were despised. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (8) So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought als...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    The Beauty Contest I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw Queen Vashti loose everything for refusing to come to the party when King Xerxes requested her presence! 1. Not only did she loose her crown a...

  • 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

    ESTHER HAD NOT SHOWED HER PEOPLE NOR HER KINDRED,.... What nation or family she was of; it not being asked, she was under no obligation to declare it; and being born in Shushan, as very probable, she...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew [it]. Ver. 10. _Esther had not shewed her people_] Because the Jews were slighted as captives a...

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

    _Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it_ Lest the knowledge hereof should either make her contemptible, or bring some inconvenience to the whole nation: but there was also a hand of God...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred; for Mordecal, with a shrewdness which had the advantages of Esther in mind at all times, HAD CHARGED HER THAT SHE SHOULD NOT SHOW IT, she should not r...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CHOICE OF VIRGINS FOR THE POSITION OF QUEEN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER CHOSEN AS QUEEN (vv. 1-18) We read nothing more as to Vashti, whether she was simply banished from the king's court or killed. But it was four years before the king married a queen to take Va...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-20 We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Lest the knowledge hereof should either make her contemptible or odious, or bring some inconvenience to the whole nation, as things might happen. But there was also a hand of God in causing this to be...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 2:10 Esther H635 revealed H5046 (H8689) people H5971 family H4138 Mordecai H4782 charged H6680 (H8765) reveal...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Esther made queen. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Mordecai, Esther, Hegai, Bigthan, Teresh, Shaashgaz. CONCLUSION: God sometimes raises up the poor out of the dust to set them among princes. Those...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Esther 2:3. _Gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace._ The polygamy we have hitherto seen is small in comparison of the indulgences of the Babylonian and Persian court. This...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Whose name was Mordecai._ MORDECAI Providence opens avenues through which merit may attain elevation. I. Mordecai was kind to his orphan cousin. He brought her up, adopting her as his own daughter....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And let the king appoint officers _ THE WEAK AND LOWLY Poor, helpless, feeble, may be the earthward aspect of true religion. Beggars shall be taken from the dunghill, to set them among princes. God...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:10 Mordecai’s instruction to Esther not to reveal HER PEOPLE OR KINDRED is the first hint of the prejudice against the Jewish people that will be seen in ch....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:9. SEVEN MAIDENS] Probably each of the virgins had the same number of maids to attend her; but Esther’s maids were chosen with special care. It seems also that both Esther a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS, AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI'S PLACE (Esther 2:1). Vashti having ceased to be queen,

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so, after these things, the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, and he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Then said the king's servant that ministered un...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ephesians 6:1; Esther 3:8; Esther 4:13; Esther 4:14; Esther 7:4;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shew it — Lest the knowledge hereof should either make her contemptible, or bring some inconvenience to the whole nation; but there was also an hand of God in causing this to be concealed, for the bet...

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