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CHAPTER III
_Ahasuerus exalts Haman the Agagite, and commands all his_
_officers to do him reverence, which Mordecai refuses_, 1-3.
_Haman, informed of Mordecai's refusal, plots his destruction,_...
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The name, Haman, is probably the same as the Classical Omanes, and in
ancient Persian, “Umana”, an exact equivalent of the Greek
“Eumenes.” Hammedatha is perhaps the same as “Madata” or
“Mahadata”, an...
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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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AFTER THESE THINGS. Hainan was not made Grand Vizier till five years
later. See Esther 3:7.
AHASUERUS. See note on Esther 1:1.
AGAGITE.. descendant of Amalekite kings (Numbers 24:7; 1 Samuel 15:8;
1...
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Esther 3:1-6. Haman offended by Mordecai's refusal to make obeisance
1. _After these things_ i.e. between the seventh (Esther 2:16) and the
twelfth (Esther 3:7) years of Xerxes" reign.
_Haman the so...
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HAMAN—THE AGAGITE— This man was descended in a direct line from
Agag, whom Samuel hewed in pieces in Gilgal. Calmet....
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III. Perverseness of Haman, Chapter 3
A. Scorn of Mordecai
TEXT: Esther 3:1-6
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After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his...
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_AFTER THESE THINGS DID KING AHASUERUS PROMOTE HAMAN THE SON OF
HAMMEDATHA THE AGAGITE, AND ADVANCED HIM, AND SET HIS SEAT ABOVE ALL
THE PRINCES THAT WERE WITH HIM._
After these things did king Ahasu...
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3:1 Agagite, (b-13) 'Agag' is probably a title of the kings of Amalek....
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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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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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III.
(1) HAMAN... THE AGAGITE. — Nothing appears to be known of Haman
save from this book. His name, as well as that of his father and his
sons, is Persian; and it is thus difficult to see the meaning...
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אַחַ֣ר ׀ הַ דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ אֵ֗לֶּה
גִּדַּל֩ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֜ושׁ
אֶת ־הָמָ֧ן בֶּֽן ־הַמְּדָ֛תָא הָ...
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HAMAN
Esther 3:1; Esther 5:9; Esther 7:5
HAMAN is the Judas of Israel. Not that his conduct or his place in
history would bring him into comparison with the traitor apostle, for
he was an open foe an...
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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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Aman means, "a disturber." (Haydock) --- Who. Septuagint add,
"Bougaios, or Gogaios." Gog designates Scythia, where Aman might have
been born. Pliny ([Natural History?] iv. 12.) places there the lake...
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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 dete...
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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
unackno...
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AFTER THESE THINGS,.... After the marriage of Esther, and the
discovery of the conspiracy to take away the king's life, five years
after, as Aben Ezra observe, at least more than four years, for so it...
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After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all
the princes that [were] with him.
Ver. 1. _After these things did A...
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_After these things_ About five years after, as appears from Esther
3:7. _Did Ahasuerus promote Haman the Agagite_ An Amalekite, of the
seed-royal of that nation, whose kings were successively called...
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After these things, some four years after the elevation of Esther to
the position of queen, DID KING AHASUERUS PROMOTE HAMAN, THE SON OF
HAMMEDATHA, THE AGAGITE, making him a great man in the empire,...
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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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1-6 Mordecai refused to reverence Haman. The religion of a Jew forbade
him to give honours to any mortal man which savoured of idolatry,
especially to so wicked a man as Haman. By nature all are idola...
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ESTHER CHAPTER 3 Haman is advanced by the king, ESTHER 3:1,2. Being
despised by Mordecai, he seeketh to destroy all the Jews, ESTHER 3:2.
He casteth lots, ESTHER 2:7; and accusing the Jews to the king...
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Esther 3:1 After H310 things H1697 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 promoted
H1431 (H8765) Haman H2001 son H1121 Hammedatha H4099 Agagite H91
advanced H5375 (H8762) set H7760 (H8799) seat H3678 princes H8269...
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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...
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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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_After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman._
THE PROSPEROUS WICKED MAN
Matthew Henry says: “I wonder what the king saw in man that was
commendable or meritorious? It is plain that he was n...
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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 (Esther 4:1), resulting in a complete victory for the Jews
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 3:1. AFTER THESE THINGS] After the events related in the former
chapter. The twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, five years after
Esther 2:16, but here somewhat sooner. “Th...
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EXPOSITION
MORDECAI, BY WANT OF RESPECT, OFFENDS HAMAN, AHASUERUS' CHIEF
MINISTER. HAMAN, IN REVENGE, RESOLVES TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE NATION OF
THE JEWS (Esther 3:1). A break, probably of some years, s...
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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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1 Samuel 15:33; 1 Samuel 15:8; Daniel 6:2; Esther 1:14; Esther 7:6;
Ezra 7:14; Genesis 41:40; Genesis 41:55; Numbers 24:7; Proverbs 29:2;...
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Agagite — An Amalekite of the royal seed of that nation, whose kings
were successively called Agag. All the princes — Gave him the first
place and seat, which was next to the king....