"And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him."
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Verse Esther 6:4. _WHO IS IN THE COURT?_] This accords with the
_dream_ mentioned by the Targum; and given above.
_NOW HAMAN WAS COME_] This must have been very _early_ in the morning.
Haman's pride...
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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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NOW HAMAN WAS COME. This was the next step. The Figure of speech
_Parenthesis_ is used to emphasize the importance of it.
GALLOWS. tree. See note on Esther 5:14....
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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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VII. Panic of Haman, Esther 6:1-14
A. Appreciation
TEXT: Esther 6:1-5
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On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the
book of records of the chronicles, and they were read...
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_AND THE KING SAID, WHO IS IN THE COURT? NOW HAMAN WAS COME INTO THE
OUTWARD COURT OF THE KING'S HOUSE, TO SPEAK UNTO THE KING TO HANG
MORDECAI ON THE GALLOWS THAT HE HAD PREPARED FOR HIM._
Now Haman...
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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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HAMAN WAS COME. — It being at length morning, Haman had come to the
palace in due course, and was waiting in the outer court till the king
should call for him. The king in the inner court ponders what...
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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ מִ֣י בֶ †
חָצֵ֑ר וְ הָמָ֣ן בָּ֗א לַ חֲצַ֤ר בֵּית
־הַ
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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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And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the
outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to (b) hang
Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
(b) T...
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_Inner court. To which only such favourites and noblemen had access.
(Herodotus iii. 72., and 84.) This king had himself come thither with
six others, when they conspired to destroy Smerdis. Hebrew, &...
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(4) В¶ And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come
into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to
hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Ever...
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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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AND THE KING SAID, WHO IS IN THE COURT?.... Being in haste to confer
some honour on Mordecai for what he had done:
NOW HAMAN WAS COME INTO THE OUTWARD COURT OF THE KING'S HOUSE; though
it was early i...
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And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the
outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang
Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Ver. 4. _...
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_There is nothing done for him_ He hath had no recompense for this
great and good service. _The king said, Who is in the court_ It is
likely it was now morning, when the courtiers used to be in waitin...
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THE KING ASKS HAMAN'S ADVICE...
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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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HAMAN WAS COME EARLY in the morning, because his malice probably would
not suffer him to sleep; and he was impatient till he had executed his
desired revenge; and he was resolved to watch for the very...
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Esther 6:4 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) court H2691 Haman H2001
entered H935 (H8804) outer H2435 court H2691 kings H4428 palace H1004
suggest H559 (H8800) king H4428 hang H8518 (H8800) Mordecai H4782...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 6:4.] The question, WHO IS IN THE COURT?] means what officer is
now present. The king desires to consult with him as to what
distinction would be appropriate to Mordecai. It s...
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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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Ecclesiastes 9:10; Esther 3:8; Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1; Esther 5:14;
Esther 7:9; Job 5:13; Proverbs 3:27; Proverbs 3:28; Psalms 2:4;...
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Haman — Early in the morning, because his malice would not suffer
him to sleep; and he was impatient 'till he had executed his revenge;
and was resolved to watch for the very first opportunity of spea...