"Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:"
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Verse Esther 7:3. _LET MY LIFE BE GIVEN ME_] This was very artfully,
as well as very honestly, managed; and was highly calculated to work
on the feelings of the king. What! is the life of the queen, w...
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THE SECOND BANQUET AND HAMAN'S MISERABLE END
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The second banquet and Esther's petition (Esther 7:1)_
2. Haman's exposure (Esther 7:5)
3. Haman's miserable end (Esther 7:7)
Esther 7:1...
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ESTHER 7. ESTHER ACCUSES HAMAN, AND HE IS HANGED ON THE GIBBET HE HAD
PREPARED FOR MORDECAI. On the same day, at her second drinking-feast,
Esther suddenly bursts out in impassioned denunciation of Ha...
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MY LIFE. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. Life put before petition,
and her People put before her request....
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VIII. Plea of Esther, Esther 7:1-10
A. Massacre Disclosed
TEXT: Esther 7:1-6
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So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
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And the king said again unto Esther on the second da...
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_SO THE KING AND HAMAN CAME TO BANQUET WITH ESTHER THE QUEEN._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE EXECUTION OF HAMAN
4. We are sold] an allusion to Haman's tender of 10,000 talents
(href='190 3:9'>Est 3:9). ALTHOUGH THE ENEMY, etc.] The rendering is
uncertain; RV 'although the adversary could...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 7
V1 So the king and Haman came to dine with Queen Esther. V2 As they
were drinking wine, on that second day, the king said to Esther again,...
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וַ תַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַ מַּלְכָּה֙ וַ
תֹּאמַ֔ר אִם ־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּ
עֵינֶ֨יךָ֙ הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ...
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QUEEN ESTHER
Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12
THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all
the chosen maidens of his realm, and who then delivers her people in
the crisis...
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CRAFT OVERREACHES ITSELF
Esther 7:1
Esther had prayed, as we have seen, Esther 4:16, but she acted also.
She took such measures as were possible, to gain the king's favor, to
awaken his curiosity, an...
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Events now moved rapidly forward. By the way of the banquet Haman
passed to the gallows. It was a fierce and terrible judgment, and yet
characterized by poetic justice. The man who for no reason other...
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_People. She was more concerned for these than for half of the
kingdom. Hence all fasted and prayed, and Esther obtained their
deliverance. (Worthington)_...
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(3) Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in
thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me
at my petition, and my people at my request: (4) For we are...
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A Banquet Turned Sour
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week in our study of Esther, we saw the pride of Haman
becoming his own destruction!
1. Haman told Xerxes what he thought the king should do to hono...
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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 ESTHER THE QUEEN ANSWERED AND SAID,.... Not rolling herself at
the king's knees, as Severus f writes; but rather, as the former
Targum, lifting up her eyes to heaven, and perhaps putting up a sec...
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Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy
sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at
my petition, and my people at my request:
Ver. 3. _Then Est...
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_Then Esther the queen answered and said_, &c. Esther, at length,
surprises the king with a petition, not for wealth, or honour, or the
preferment of some of her friends to some high post, which the k...
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ESTHER PLEADS FOR HER PEOPLE...
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HAMAN HANGED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS
(vv. 1-10)
At Esther's second banquet the king asked her to make whatever
petition she desired, with the promise that he would grant it to
her.What a surprise it wou...
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1-6 If the love of life causes earnest pleadings with those that can
only kill the body, how fervent should our prayers be to Him, who is
able to destroy both body and soul in hell! How should we pray...
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It is my humble and only request, that thou wouldst not give me up to
the malice of that man that designs to take away my life, and will
certainly do it, if thou dost not prevent it. AND MY PEOPLE; an...
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Esther 7:3 Queen H4436 Esther H635 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559
(H8799) found H4672 (H8804) favor H2580 sight H5869 king H4428 pleases
H2895 (H8804) king H4428 life H5315 given H5414 (H8735) petit...
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CONTENTS: Esther's banquet and the hanging of Haman.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Harbonah.
CONCLUSION: Mischief is sure to return upon the person himself who
contrives it. The wicked shall...
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Esther 7:4. _The king's damage,_ in the loss of subjects and of
revenue.
Esther 7:8. _They covered Haman's face;_ an indignity done only to
persons condemned to die.
Esther 7:9. _Hang him thereon._...
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_What is thy petition, queen Esther?_
ESTHER’S PETITION
1. When called to speak for God and His people, we must summon up our
courage, and act with becoming confidence and decision. Had Esther
held...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 7:2. THE KING SAID AGAIN] Compare Esther 5:6.
ESTHER 7:3. MY LIFE, … MY PEOPLE] Esther has had time to carefully
prepare her words, and her earnest language rises to the emot...
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EXPOSITION
AT THE SECOND BANQUET ESTHER DENOUNCES HAMAN, AND THE KING CONDEMNS
HIM TO BE IMPALED ON THE CROSS PREPARED FOR HAMAN (Esther 7:1). Esther
had promised to make her true petition at the seco...
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So Haman came in, but he was really troubled by this whole experience.
And so, Esther prepared another beautiful banquet for the king, and
again, the king in his generous mood said, "Esther, what do y...
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1 Kings 20:31; 2 Kings 1:13; Esther 4:8; Esther 7:7; Jeremiah 38:26;
Job 2:4; Psalms 122:6...
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My life — It is my only request, that thou wouldst not give me up to
the malice of that man who designs to take away my life. Even a
stranger, a criminal, shall be permitted to petition for his life....