CONTENTS
We have here the church of GOD brought into great danger, and
threatened with total destruction. Haman the Agagite is advanced by
the king to great honors; being slighted by Mordecai he determineth
revenge upon the whole nation of Israel.
Esther 3:1
(1) В¶ After these things did king Aha... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed,
and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him.
But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. (3) Then the king's
servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why
transgressest thou the king's... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence,
then was Haman full of wrath. (6) And he thought scorn to lay hands on
Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai:
wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout
the whole kingdom of Ahasu... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) В¶ In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth
year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman
from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that
is, the month Adar.
It should seem, that what is here said concerning the casting of the
lot,... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people
scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces
of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither
keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit
to suffer them. (9) If it pl... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. (11) And the king
said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do
with them as it seemeth good to thee.
Was there ever so foolish, as well as worthless, a m... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 that were
over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every
province according to the wri... [ Continue Reading ]
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 time in all
trials for deliverance; but we shall learn also, how to possess our
souls in patience d... [ Continue Reading ]