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. APRÈS CES CHOSES, LE ROI ASSUÉRUS A PROMU HAMAN ... ET A PLACÉ SON SIÈGE AU-DESSUS DE TOUS LES PRINCES - i: e., l'a élevé au rang de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. TOUS LES SERVITEURS DU ROI, QUI SE TROUVAIENT À LA PORTE DU ROI, S'INCLINÈRENT ET VÉNÉRAIENT HAMAN. Les grandes dem... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN THE KING'S SERVANTS, WHICH WERE IN THE KING'S GATE, SAID UNTO MORDECAI, WHY TRANSGRESSEST THOU THE KING'S COMMANDMENT?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. AU COURS DU PREMIER MOIS ... ILS ONT LANCÉ PUR - c'est-à-dire le lot [ puwr ... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HAMAN SAID UNTO KING AHASUERUS, THERE IS A CERTAIN PEOPLE SCATTERED ABROAD AND DISPERSED AMONG THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE PROVINCES OF THY KINGDOM; AND THEIR LAWS ARE DIVERSE FROM ALL PEOPLE; NEITHER KEEP_ _ THEY THE KING'S LAWS: THEREFORE IT IS NOT FOR THE KING'S PROFIT TO SUFFER THEM._ No JFB com... [ Continuer la lecture ]
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. JE PAIERAI DIX MILLE TALENTS D'ARGENT ... DANS LES TRÉSORS DU ROI. Cette somme, es... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. LE ROI A PRIS SON ANNEAU DE SA MAIN ET L'A DONNÉ À HAMAN. Il y avait un sceau ou une chevalière dans l'anneau. Nonobstant le déni de Pline ('Hist. Nat.' B. 33: 6), le fait est inc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THE KING SAID UNTO HAMAN, THE SILVER IS GIVEN TO THEE, THE PEOPLE ALSO, TO DO WITH THEM AS IT_ _ AND THE KING SAID UNTO HAMAN, THE SILVER IS GIVEN TO THEE, THE PEOPLE ALSO, TO DO WITH THEM AS IT SEEMETH GOOD TO THEE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing... [ Continuer la lecture ]