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Verse Esther 1:2. _SAT ON THE THRONE OF HIS KINGDOM_] Having subdued
all his enemies, and brought universal peace to his empire. See the
commencement of the _introduction_.
_SHUSHAN THE PALACE_] The...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
THE BANQUETS AND QUEEN VASHTI DISOWNED
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The first feast of the king (Esther 1:1)_
2. The king's feast unto all the people (Esther 1:5)
3. The queen's feast...
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ESTHER 1. THE ROYAL FEAST. VASHTI'S DISOBEDIENCE AND DEGRADATION. The
opening words in MT (and it came to pass) are in good Heb style, which
shows that an able scribe wrote here. But they prove that s...
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IN THOSE DAYS: i.e. the days when these events took place. At other
times he dwelt at Ecbatana, or elsewhere. Esther 1:1 mentions the
ruler; Esther 1:2, the place; Esther 1:1, the time.
SAT. took his...
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_Shushan the palace_ i.e. Susa. Ecbatana, Babylon, Persepolis, and
Susa were all places of sojourn for the Persian court for longer or
shorter periods.
-Shushan the palace," which is to be distinguish...
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WHEN THE KING AHASUERUS SAT ON THE THRONE— That is, enjoying peace
and tranquillity through his large dominions; for the history of his
accession to the throne is this: Xexres, his father, was private...
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I. Pageant of Xerxes, Esther 1:1-22
A. Display
TEXT: Esther 1:1-8
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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who
reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and s...
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_THAT IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN THE KING AHASUERUS SAT ON THE THRONE OF HIS
KINGDOM, WHICH WAS IN SHUSHAN THE PALACE,_
When the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom - i:e., in
the third year of...
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1:2 fortress, (c-20) Or 'fortified palace.'...
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THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DISGRACE OF QUEEN VASHTI
1. Ahasuerus] LXX has 'Artaxerxes,' but probably 'Xerxes,' the son of
Darius Hystaspis, is meant, who succeeded his father in 485 b.c.
INDIA.. ETHIOPIA]...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF ESTHER
The events that the first chapter of the book of Esther describes
happened about 483 BC (Before Christ). Over 100 years ea...
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SHUSHAN. — Susa. Mentioned also in Nehemiah 1:1. It was the general
abode of the Persian kings. (See Herod. vii. 6.)...
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בַּ † יָּמִ֖ים הָ הֵ֑ם כְּ שֶׁ֣בֶת ׀
הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֗ושׁ עַ֚ל
כִּסֵּ֣א מַלְכוּתֹ֔ו אֲשֶׁ֖ר...
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AHASUERUS AND VASHTI
Esther 1:1
THE character of Ahasuerus illustrates the Nemesis of absolutism, by
showing how unlimited power is crushed and dissolved beneath the
weight of its own immensity. The...
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VASHTI'S NOBLE REFUSAL
Esther 1:1
The book opens with a royal festival, which lasted for six months,
Esther 1:1. Perhaps the princes came up from their governments to
partake of it in rotation. It fi...
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The events recorded in the Book of Esther occurred between the
completion of the Temple and the mission of Ezra (between Ezra 6:1;
Ezr 7:1-28). In all likelihood the narrative, as we have it, was take...
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[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus (c) sat on the throne of
his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
(c) That is, had rest and quietness....
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_Captial. Hebrew, "palace, (Protestants; Haydock) or castle," (Calmet)
may also signify "a capital." (Montanus, &c.) --- Hystaspes founded
this ancient royal city of Persia, (Pliny, [Natural History?]...
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(2) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of
his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, (3) In the third year of
his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his serv...
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_THE BOOK OF ESTHER_
‘Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus … that in those days
… Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, … how can I
endure to see the evil that shall come unto my...
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Introduction to Esther
I. INTRODUCTION
A. As we begin the book of Esther, it is appropriate to "set it up" by
way of little history.
1. The book was written approximately 465 years before the birth...
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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
unackno...
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THAT IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN THE KING AHASUERUS SAT ON THE THRONE OF HIS
KINGDOM,.... Not only was placed upon it, but settled in it; after
Xerxes had subdued Egypt, in the second year of his reign e, and...
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Esther 1:2 [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the
throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
Ver. 2. _When the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne_] Having peace with
al...
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_When Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom_ Was settled in the
quiet possession of it, enjoying peace and tranquillity throughout his
large dominions; _which was in Shushan the palace_ “Which, a...
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The King's Banquet...
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THE FIRST FEAST OF THE KING
(vv. 1-4)
Ahasuerus was a name given to the chief king of Persia.The Ahasuerus
of verse 1 is recorded in history as Xerxes 1. His empire extended
over a very large area,...
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1-9 The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his
kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is
a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, wi...
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SAT ON THE THRONE OF HIS KINGDOM, i.e. either was lately advanced to
it, or rather was settled in the peaceable possession of it. THE
PALACE; or, _the castle_; or, the chief or _royal city_, as both,...
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Esther 1:2 days H3117 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 sat H3427 (H8800)
throne H3678 kingdom H4438 Shushan H7800 citadel H1002
sat - 2 Samuel 7:1; 1 Kings 1:46; Daniel 4:4
Shushan - Esther 2:3,...
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Esther 1:1 ; ESTHER 8:4
I. Let us observe the outward stage of these events. In the books of
Ezra and Nehemiah, the Persian court forms, as it were, the background
of all the transactions of the histo...
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CONTENTS: Ahasuerus' great feast and the story of Vashti.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Vashti, Memucan, Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena.
CONCLUSION: Better is a dinner of herbs with q...
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Esther 1:1. _From India even to Ethiopia._ Darius the Mede appointed
one hundred and twenty governors. Hence it appears that this
Ahasuérus, the Xerxes Longimanus of Herodotus, had enlarged his
conque...
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_Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus which
reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia)._
ARTAXERXES
By almost universal acknowledgment now, the sovereign here referred to
is...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 1:1 Introduction. The author sets the scene
for the main action by describing Queen Vashti’s downfall (Esther
1:1), her replacement by Esther (Esther 2:1), and how Mordecai
preve...
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PERSIAN SPLENDOUR
CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 1:1. AHASUERUS] Heb. Ahashverosh. Prince, chief. A name given
in Scripture to Cambyses, the son of Cyrus, and to Astyages, king of
the Medes (Ezra 4:6; Dani...
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THE GREAT FEAST OF KING AHASUERUS AT SUSA, AND THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI
EXPOSITION
THE GREAT FEAST (Esther 1:1). King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) in the third
year of his reign, which was B.C. 484-483, entertai...
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Let us turn to the book of Esther for our study.
The book of Esther is not in a chronological order in these books of
history. If the book of Esther were placed in a chronological order,
it would have...
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1 Kings 1:46; 2 Samuel 7:1; Daniel 4:4; Daniel 8:2; Esther 2:3; Esther
3:15; Esther 4:16; Esther 9:12; Nehemiah 1:1...
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Sat — Was settled in the peaceable possession of it. Shushan — The
chief or royal city. Shushan might be the proper name of the palace,
which thence was given to the whole city. Here the kings of Pers...
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How could Esther participate in a pagan beauty contest?
PROBLEM: It is evident that Esther was selected by God as His
instrument to deliver Israel from evil at the appointed time (Esther
4:14). Howev...