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Verse Esther 3:15. _THE POSTS_] Literally, the _couriers_, the
_hircarrahs_, those who carried the public despatches; a species of
public functionaries, who have been in use in all nations of the worl...
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SHUSHAN WAS PERPLEXED - Susa was now the capital of Persia, and the
main residence of the Persians of high rank. These, being attached to
the religion of Zoroaster, would naturally sympathize with the...
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HAMAN AND HIS WICKED PLOT
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The promotion of Haman and Mordecai's faithfulness (Esther 3:1)_
2. Haman's proposal and the King's assent (Esther 3:7)
3. The proclamation of death (Esthe...
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ESTHER 3. HAMAN, TO AVENGE A SLIGHT PUT ON HIM BY MORDECAI, PERSUADES
THE KING TO ORDER A MASSACRE OF THE JEWS. The Grand Vizier Haman, Heb.
calls a descendant of that mysterious people, the Amalekite...
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COMMANDMENT. word. Hebrew. _dabar._ See note on Esther 1:12.
DECREE. Hebrew. _dath._ See notes on Esther 1:8; Esther 2:8.
SAT DOWN TO DRINK. So Joseph's brethren ...
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_went forth in haste_ Haman fearing lest the king should change his
mind and forbid the decree to be published.
_the king and Haman sat down to drink_ We are reminded of Gloucester's
words to Bucking...
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BUT THE CITY SHUSHAN WAS PERPLEXED— Not only the Jews, but a great
many others in Shushan, might be concerned at this horrid decree,
either because they were engaged with them in worldly concerns, or...
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C. Sentence of Xerxes
TEXT: Esther 3:12-15
12
Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the
thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that
Haman commanded unto...
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_THEN WERE THE KING'S SCRIBES CALLED ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE
FIRST MONTH, AND THERE WAS WRITTEN ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HAMAN HAD
COMMANDED UNTO THE KING'S LIEUTENANTS, AND TO THE GOVERNORS THAT WE...
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HAMAN'S REVENGEFUL DESIGN AGAINST THE JEWS
1. The Agagite] It has been suggested that the name is an epithet
meant to recall the Amalekite Agag hewn in pieces by Samuel (1 Samuel
15:33), and intended...
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Was perplexed] i.e. at the magnitude and arbitrary character of the
contemplated massacre....
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 3
V1 Some time later, King Xerxes rewarded Haman. Haman was from the
family of Agag and his father was Hammedatha. The king gave more
author...
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PERPLEXED. — The inhabitants of the capital were puzzled and
alarmed, as well they might be, at so marvellously reckless an order.
Their sympathies, too, were clearly with the Jews and against Haman....
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הָֽ רָצִ֞ים יָצְא֤וּ דְחוּפִים֙ בִּ
דְבַ֣ר הַ
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RACE PREJUDICE BREEDS HATRED
Esther 3:1
Josephus says that Agagite means a descendant of Agag, the common name
for the kings of the Amalekites, Numbers 24:7. It is probably that
something of the natu...
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In this section we have a picture of the procedure of government in
the court of the king. Haman was promoted to supreme authority, and
the portrait of the man is naturally and vividly presented to
us...
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_Jews. Hebrew, "but the city of Susan was in perplexity." Greek,
"troubled." (Calmet) --- Even the pagans could not view such a cruel
decree, without horror. (Haydock)_...
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(12) Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the
first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had
commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors tha...
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REFLECTIONS
IF we anticipate the history of this memorable event, as the sacred
writer hath in the subsequent Chapter s given it, we shall not only
derive a most blessed lesson, how to wait the LORD'S...
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Haman Ancient Day Hitler
I. INTRODUCTION
A. So far in our study of Esther, we have seen Queen Vashti give up
her crown for not parading herself in front of the Kings drunken
friends.
1. Last week w...
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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...
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THE POST WENT OUT, BEING HASTENED BY THE KING'S COMMAND,.... Both to
set out and make as much dispatch as possible:
AND THE DECREE WAS GIVEN IN SHUSHAN THE PALACE; by the king, and with
the advice of...
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The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the
decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat
down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
Ver. 15. Th...
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_The copy of the writing to be given in every province_ Copies of this
original decree of the king were sent into every province, and there
ordered to be published, requiring the people to be ready ag...
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The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the
decree was given in Shushan, the palace, issued from this residence of
the king. AND THE KING AND HAMAN SAT DOWN TO DRINK, to indu...
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THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE JEWS...
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HAMAN'S ADVANCEMENT AND CONSPIRACY
(vv. 1-15)
After this (though we are not told how long after) King Ahasuerus
promoted Haman, an Agagite, to a position above all the princes (v.
1).Agag had been t...
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7-15 Without some acquaintance with the human heart, and the history
of mankind, we should not think that any prince could consent to a
dreadful proposal, so hurtful to himself. Let us be thankful fo...
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BY THE KING'S COMMANDMENT; either by this decree made in the king's
name, or by some particular and succeeding command, which Haman could
easily obtain from the king. THE CITY SHUSHAN WAS PERPLEXED; n...
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Esther 3:15 couriers H7323 (H8801) out H3318 (H8804) hastened H1765
(H8803) kings H4428 command H1697 decree...
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CONTENTS: Conspiracy of Haman. The king's decree to destroy the Jews.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Haman, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: Though religion in no way stands in the way of good
manners, but teaches us t...
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Esther 3:1. _Haman the Agagite._ All the kings of Amalek received the
name of Agag. This man is thought, by most critics, to have been of
the seed- royal of that devoted nation, who bitterly hated the...
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_And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was
perplexed._
SOCIETY BROKEN INTO SECTIONS
Alas! how society is broken up into sections--one part caring little
for another that is c...
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_Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day._
FRUITLESS PREPARATIONS
I. Here is unseemly haste.
II. Here are inconsistent precursory measures. Wickedness renders a
man inconsistent....
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:1 Main Action. The plot to destroy the Jews
(Esther 3:1) is foiled by the courageous actions of Esther and
Mordecai ...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 3:15 SAT DOWN TO DRINK. Haman and the king
callously celebrate the forthcoming massacre. BUT... SUSA WAS THROWN
INTO CONFUSION. This shows that many of Susa’s citizens did not
sh...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 3:15.] נָביֹכָה primarily does not mean that it was
_distressed_ by terror or sorrow, but that it was _perplexed_, did not
know what to think of such a terrible command. The re...
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EXPOSITION
HAMAN CASTS LOTS TO OBTAIN A LUCKY DAY FOR HIS ENTERPRISE, AND OBTAINS
A DAY IN THE MONTH ADAR, THE LAST MONTH OF
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And as we get into Chapter 3,
After these things the king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all
the princes that were with him. And t...
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Amos 6:6; Esther 4:16; Esther 8:15; Hosea 7:5; John 16:20;...
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The city — Not only the Jews, but a great number of the citizens,
either because they were related to them, or engaged with them in
worldly concerns; or out of humanity and compassion toward so vast a...