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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Esther 2:9

Verse Esther 2:9. The maiden pleased him] He conceived a partiality for her above the rest, probably because of the propriety of her deportment, and her engaging though unassuming manners.

Seven maidens] These were to attend her to the bath, to anoint and adorn her, and be her servants in general.

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See also Esther 2:9 in other biblical comments:

  • 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

    OBTAINED. won. PREFERRED. promoted. Probably influenced by Mor-deoai....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _she obtained kindness of him_ This or a synonymous expression is a favourite one with the author (Esther 2:15_; Esther 2:17_, Esther 5:2). _speedily_ In order that the prescribed period of twelve mon...

  • 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

    _AND THE MAIDEN PLEASED HIM, AND SHE OBTAINED KINDNESS OF HIM; AND HE SPEEDILY GAVE HER HER THINGS FOR PURIFICATION, WITH SUCH THINGS AS BELONGED TO HER, AND SEVEN MAIDENS, WHICH WERE MEET TO BE GIVEN...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:9 portions, (f-22) Or 'food.'...

  • 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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SUCH THINGS AS BELONGED TO HER] lit. 'her portions'; perhaps richer viands than ordinary: cp. Daniel 1:5....

  • 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

    OBTAINED KINDNESS OF HIM. — This is the same phrase as that which is rendered “obtained favour in his sight” in Esther 2:17....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תִּיטַ֨ב הַ נַּעֲרָ֣ה בְ עֵינָיו֮ וַ

  • 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

    _And he, Egeus, commanded the under eunuch. (Tirinus) --- Hebrew, "he quickly gave her her things for purifications, (ver. 3.) and her portions, with seven maids, suitable for her, out of the king's h...

  • 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

    AND THE MAIDEN PLEASED HIM,.... Not the king, into whose presence she was not yet introduced, but the chamberlain; her beauty and her behaviour recommended her to him, and he concluded within himself...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, [which were] meet to be give...

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

    _The maiden pleased him_ Because she was very beautiful, therefore he supposed she would be acceptable to the king; and by the divine power, which moveth the hearts of men which way he pleaseth....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the maiden pleased him, she immediately gained the good will of this chief eunuch, AND SHE OBTAINED KINDNESS OF HIM, found grace and favor before him; AND HE SPEEDILY GAVE HER THINGS FOR PURIFICAT...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SUCH THINGS: _ Heb._ her portions HE PREFERRED HER: _ Heb._ he changed her...

  • 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

    THE MAIDEN PLEASED HIM; partly because she was very beautiful, and therefore he supposed she would be very acceptable to the king, which would be his advantage; and partly by the Divine Power, which m...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 2:9 woman H5291 pleased H3190 (H8799) H5869 obtained H5375 (H8799) his H6440 favor H2617 readily...

  • 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 2:8 It is unclear from the word TAKEN whether Esther went willingly. Given THE KING’S ORDER, she probably had no choice. The SEVEN CHOSEN YOUNG WOMEN were her pers

  • 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

    1 Kings 8:50; Acts 7:10; Daniel 1:9; Esther 2:12; Esther 2:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Pleased — Because she was very beautiful, therefore he supposed she would be acceptable to the king; and by the Divine power, which moveth the hearts of men which way he pleaseth....

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