Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Esther 2:16
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the (h) month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
(h) Which contained part of December and part of January.
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the (h) month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
(h) Which contained part of December and part of January.
Verse 16. _THE TENTH MONTH - TEBETH_] Answering to part of our _December_ and _January_....
Tebeth (compare the corresponding Egyptian month, “Tobi” or “Tubi”), corresponded nearly to our January. IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN - In December, 479 B.C., or January, 478 B.C. Xerxes quitted S...
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...
TEBETH. See App-51. SEVENTH YEAR. The first feast was in the third year. The search probably took one year; the preparation another; oblations another. Other seasons are unnamed....
_the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth_ In the time of the Babylonish exile the months ceased to be called by the old Canaanitish names which the Jews had previously given them, e.g. Abib (Exodus...
D. Selection of Esther TEXT: Esther 2:15-18 15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she r...
_IN THE EVENING SHE WENT, AND ON THE MORROW SHE RETURNED INTO THE SECOND HOUSE OF THE WOMEN, TO THE CUSTODY OF SHAASHGAZ, THE KING'S CHAMBERLAIN, WHICH KEPT THE CONCUBINES: SHE CAME IN UNTO THE KING N...
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....
TEBETH] i.e. December-January. THE SEVENTH YEAR] i.e. 479 b.c. Thus four years elapsed between the degradation of Vashti and the promotion of Esther (see href='190 1:3'>Est 1:3). In the interval betwe...
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...
THE MONTH TEBETH. — This extended from the new moon in January to that in February; the name occurs only here. The fifth Egyptian month, lasting from December 20 to January 20, was called Tybi. The ti...
וַ תִּלָּקַ֨ח אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַ
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...
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...
_Tenth. Septuagint and old Vulgate, "twelfth month, which is Adar." Tebeth corresponds with December and January. (Calmet) --- Notwithstanding all exertions, Esther had been near four years in prepari...
(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...
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...
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...
SO ESTHER WAS TAKEN UNTO KING AHASUERUS, INTO HIS HOUSE ROYAL,.... Did not return on the morrow to the house of the women, as those who only became the king's concubines did, Esther 2:14, but she was...
_So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign._ Ver. 16. _So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus_] A...
_So Esther was taken into his house-royal_ She was not sent back unto the second house of the women, as the rest were, but the king kept her in his own house. _In the seventh year of his reign_ How it...
ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN...
So Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his house royal, into the king's apartments, IN THE TENTH MONTH, WHICH IS THE MONTH TEBETH, IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN, about four years after the d...
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...
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...
INTO HIS HOUSE ROYAL; and into his bed, as is implied; to which it is not strange if she, though a virtuous person, did in those circumstances yield, considering the infirmity of human nature, and of...
Esther 2:16 Esther H635 taken H3947 (H8735) King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 royal H4438 palace H1004 tenth H6224 month...
TENTH MONTH That is, January....
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...
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...
_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....
_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...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:16 TEBETH, in midwinter, was the TENTH MONTH of the Jewish calendar. The SEVENTH YEAR would have been four years after the events of ch....
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 2:15. SHE REQUIRED NOTHING] She made no effort to adorn her person with jewellery or dress to please her own fancy, but left the matter entirely to Hegai, who would be likely...
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,
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...
Esther 8:9; Esther 2:1; Esther 2:3; Ezra 7:8...