"Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour."
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THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT AND MORDECAI'S EXALTATION
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The sleepless night (Esther 6:1)_
2. The exaltation of Mordecai (Esther 6:4)
3. Haman anticipates his doom (Esther 6:12)
Esther 6:1. A...
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ESTHER 6. HAMAN IS COMPELLED TO DO PUBLIC HONOUR TO MORDEEAI. Now
comes a dramatic scene. Providence is at work, and the clouds are
opening. In the night between Esther's two drinking-feasts, the king...
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Esther 6:1-11. Mordecai's elevation
In this section we are shewn the strange concatenation of apparently
trivial circumstances which collectively have the effect of bestowing
the highest reward and m...
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THEN TOOK HAMAN THE APPAREL AND THE HORSE, &C.— When I read Pitt's
account of the cavalcade at Algiers upon a person's turning
Mahommedan, and which is apparently designed to do him, as well as
their...
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C. Abasement
TEXT: Esther 6:10-14
10
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the
horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that
sitteth at the king's g...
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_THEN TOOK HAMAN THE APPAREL AND THE HORSE, AND ARRAYED MORDECAI, AND
BROUGHT HIM ON HORSEBACK THROUGH THE STREET OF THE CITY, AND
PROCLAIMED BEFORE HIM, THUS SHALL IT BE DONE UNTO THE MAN WHOM THE
KI...
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MORDECAI IS HONOURED
An account of how the king being reminded of Mordecai's services, and
wishing to reward him, consulted Haman, and how Haman, thinking
himself the object of the king's interest, c...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 6
V1 That night the king could not sleep. He ordered that someone should
bring the book of the official records of his rule. He ordered that...
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THEN TOOK HAMAN ... — It would be a grim and curious study to
analyse Hainan’s feelings at this juncture. Various thoughts were
mingled there. Self-reproach, perhaps, that he had so thoughtlessly
been...
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וַ יִּקַּ֤ח הָמָן֙ אֶת ־הַ לְּב֣וּשׁ
וְ אֶת ־הַ סּ֔וּס וַ יַּלְבֵּ֖שׁ אֶֽת
־מָרְדֳּכָ֑י...
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Esther 4:1
MORDECAI
Esther 2:5; Esther 4:1; Esther 6:10; Esther 9:1
THE hectic enthusiast who inspires Daniel Deronda with his passionate
ideas is evidently a reflection in modern literature of the...
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GRATITUDE FOR A FORGOTTEN SERVICE
Esther 6:1
There was a divine providence in this royal sleeplessness. On the very
next night Haman would be hanging on the gallows, and it would be too
late for him...
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In the economy of God vast issues follow apparently trivial things. A
sleepless night is in itself transient and almost trivial. Yet it has
often been a time of revelation and surprise, affecting the...
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(6) So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done
unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in
his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more t...
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Sleepless Nights
A man's definition of childish games = the ones at which your wife
beats you!
A young girl said to her pastor, "I'm afraid I've committed the sin of
vanity." To which the pastor rep...
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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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THEN TOOK HAMAN THE APPAREL, AND THE HORSE,.... The one out of the
wardrobe, the other out of the stable, and the crown also no doubt,
though no mention is made of it, since the king made no objection...
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Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and
brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and
proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the
kin...
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_Then Haman took the apparel_ The king's words undoubtedly produced
great commotion in his breast, but he durst not dispute, nor so much
as seem to dislike the king's order; but, though with the great...
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MORDECAI HONORED...
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The same night that Haman had had a gallows made on which to hang
Mordecai, the Lord intervened in a most amazing way, causing the king
to be unable to sleep and moving him to have the book of records...
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4-11 See how men's pride deceives them. The deceitfulness of our own
hearts appears in nothing more than in the conceit we have of
ourselves and our own performances: against which we should constantl...
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He proclaimed this either himself, or by the officer....
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Esther 6:11 Haman H2001 took H3947 (H8799) robe H3830 horse H5483
arrayed H3847 (H8686) Mordecai H4782 horseback H7392 (H8686) city
H5892 square H7339 proclaimed H7121 (H8799) before H6440 done H6213...
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CONTENTS: Haman compelled to exalt Mordecai.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Mordecai, Zeresh.
CONCLUSION: God's wisdom and grace is seen in the way He times the
means of deliverance for His p...
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Esther 6:1. _That night could not the king sleep,_ the reveries of his
mind being excited by guardian angels. See on Psalms 34:7. The LXX
read, “But the Lord moved the king that night by dreams.”
RE...
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_What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?_
PRIDE ASSOCIATED WITH FOLLY
1. In Haman honouring Mordecai we have a remarkable verification of
the fable of the dog and the sha...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 6:6 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE MAN... THE KING
DELIGHTS TO HONOR? Neither Ahasuerus nor Haman is aware of the irony
in the question. Haman’s response shows both the extent of his...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 6:6.] When the king had asked the question, Haman thought
within himself, TO WHOM WOULD THE KING DELIGHT TO DO HONOUR MORE THAN
TO MYSELF?] Going beyond me, more than myself.—...
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EXPOSITION
AHASUERUS, BEING WAKEFUL DURING THE NIGHT, HAS THE BOOK OF THE
CHRONICLES READ TO HIM, AND FINDS THAT MORDECAI HAS RECEIVED NO
REWARD. HE MAKES HAMAN NAME A FITTING REWARD, AND THEN DEPUTES...
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Now that night king Ahasuerus couldn't go to sleep (Esther 6:1),
He's lying there restless. No doubt God was in the restlessness. And
so he said,
bring to me the chronicles [the history]; read to me...
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Esther 8:15; Esther 9:3; Ezra 6:13; Isaiah 60:14; Luke 1:52;
Revelation 3:9...