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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...
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MAIDEN. a young person. Hebrew. _na'ar._...
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II. Promotion of Esther, Esther 2:1-23
A. Search for a Queen
TEXT: Esther 2:1-4
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After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he
remembered Vashti, and what she had done, an...
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_THEN SAID THE KING'S SERVANTS THAT MINISTERED UNTO HIM, LET THERE BE
FAIR YOUNG VIRGINS SOUGHT FOR THE KING:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE
VERSES....
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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....
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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...
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וְ הַֽ נַּעֲרָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּיטַב֙ בְּ
עֵינֵ֣י הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ תִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
תַּ֣חַת וַשְׁתִּ֑י וַ יִּיטַ֧ב...
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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...
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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...
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_Commanded. Hebrew, "did so."_...
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(1) В¶ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was
appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was
decreed against her. (2) Then said the king's servants that minister...
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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...
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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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AND LET THE MAIDEN WHICH PLEASETH THE KING BE QUEEN INSTEAD OF
VASHTI,.... Have the royal estate, that was taken from Vashti, given
to her, the crown royal set on her head, c.
AND THE THING PLEASED T...
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And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti.
And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Ver. 4. _And let the maiden_] Herein unhappy that she got her honour
with the los...
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THE CHOICE OF VIRGINS FOR THE POSITION OF QUEEN...
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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 V...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Esther 2:4 woman H5291 pleases H3190 (H8799) H5869 king H4428 queen
H4427 (H8799) Vashti H2060 thing H1697 pleased H3190 (H8799) H5869
king H4428 did H6213 (H8799)
let the maiden - Matthew 20:16,...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 2:1 The YOUNG MEN were probably the king’s
personal household servants (see Esther 6:3). EUNUCH. See note on
1:10.
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 2:2.] The youths, or male domestics, without regard to age,
that served before the king, sought to avert the danger that
threatened. They advised that maidens, virgins, be bro...
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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,
Ahasuerus appears to have been in no haste to assign her dignit...
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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...
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2 Samuel 13:4; 2 Samuel 16:21; 2 Samuel 17:4; Esther 1:21; Esther
3:10; Esther 3:9; Matthew 14:6; Matthew 20:16; Matthew 22:14...