Esther 1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
Ahasuerus. Prideaux has shewn satisfactorily that Ahasuerus was the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks, agreeably to the Septuagint and Josephus. See note on
Ezra 6:14 And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the …
Ezra 4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign…
Daniel 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of …
from India.
Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, …
Isaiah 18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Isaiah 37:9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come …
an hundred.
Daniel 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, …
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
sat.
2 Samuel 7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD …
1 Kings 1:46 And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.
Daniel 4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace:
Shushan.
Esther 2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom…
Esther 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and …
Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and …
Esther 9:12-15 And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed …
Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in …
Daniel 8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was …
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
A.M.
Esther 2:18 Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, …
Genesis 40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, …
1 Kings 3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, …
Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, …
Mark 6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made …
of Persia.
Esther 1:14 And the next to him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, …
Ezra 1:2 Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven has given …
Isaiah 21:2 A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous dealer deals …
Jeremiah 51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD has raised up …
Daniel 5:28 PERES; Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Daniel 8:20 The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
the nobles.
Daniel 3:2,3 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, …
Daniel 6:1,6,7 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, …
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
When he.
Isaiah 39:2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious …
Ezekiel 28:5 By your great wisdom and by your traffic have you increased your …
Daniel 4:30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have …
the riches.
Psalm 76:1-4 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel…
Psalm 145:5,12,13 I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous …
Daniel 2:37-44 You, O king, are a king of kings: for the God of heaven has given …
Daniel 7:9-14 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days …
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil takes him up into an exceeding high mountain, and …
Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For your …
Romans 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels …
Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know …
Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of …
Revelation 4:11 You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for …
excellent.
1 Chronicles 29:11,12,25 Yours, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and …
Job 40:10 Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself …
Psalm 21:5 His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid on him.
Psalm 45:3 Gird your sword on your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty.
Psalm 93:1 The LORD reigns, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed …
Daniel 4:36 At the same time my reason returned to me; and for the glory of my …
Daniel 5:18 O you king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, …
2 Peter 1:16,17 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known …
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
present. Heb. found. seven days.
2 Chronicles 7:8,9 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all …
2 Chronicles 30:21-25 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the …
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
white.
Exodus 26:1,31,32,36,37 Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine …
blue. or, violet.
Esther 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel …
the beds. These were couches, covered with gold and silver cloth, on which the guests reclined; for the Orientals do not sit, but recline at their meals.
Esther 7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of …
Ezekiel 23:41 And sat on a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon …
Amos 2:8 And they lay themselves down on clothes laid to pledge by every altar…
Amos 6:4 That lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, …
red, etc. or, of porphyre, and marble, and alabaster, and stone of blue colour.
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
vessels of gold.
1 Kings 10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the …
2 Chronicles 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all …
Daniel 5:2-4 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine…
royal wine. Heb. wine of the kingdom. state of the king. Heb. hand of the king.
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
none did compel. Every person drank what he pleased. Among the Greeks, however, each guest was obliged to keep the round, or leave the company: hence the proverb Drink, or begone. Mr. Herbert, in his poem entitled The Church Porch, has severely reprobated this vile custom. In Britain, however, this demoralizing custom is now almost destroyed, and a new era of social pleasure is arising, by temperate habits, increased domestic comforts, and the spread of gospel truths.
Jeremiah 35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father …
Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the …
Habakkuk 2:15,16 Woe to him that gives his neighbor drink, that put your bottle to …
the officers.
John 2:8 And he said to them, Draw out now, and bear to the governor of the …
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
the queen.
Esther 5:4,8 And Esther answered, If it seem good to the king, let the king and …
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
the heart.
Genesis 43:34 And he took and sent messes to them from before him: but Benjamin's …
Judges 16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, …
1 Samuel 25:36,37 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, …
2 Samuel 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now when …
Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived …
Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house …
Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers …
Ephesians 5:18,19 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit…
Harbona.
Esther 7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold …
Harbonah. chamberlains. or, eunuchs.
Daniel 1:3-5,18,19 And the king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he …
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
Vashti.
Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart devises his way: but the LORD directs his steps.
Proverbs 23:29-33 Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? …
Mark 6:21,22 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made …
fair to look on. Heb. good of countenance.
1 Samuel 25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: …
2 Samuel 14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom …
Proverbs 31:30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the …
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
the queen. This refusal of Vashti's to expose herself to the view of such a group of drunken Bacchanalians, was highly praiseworthy, and became the dignity of her rank and the modesty of her sex.
refused.
Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your …
Ephesians 5:22,24 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord…
1 Peter 3:1 Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, …
by his chamberlains. Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs. was the king.
Proverbs 19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as …
Proverbs 20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes …
Daniel 2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded …
Daniel 3:13,19 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, …
Nahum 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness …
Revelation 6:16,17 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from …
burned.
Exodus 32:19,22 And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he …
Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his …
Psalm 74:1 O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does your anger smoke …
Psalm 79:5 How long, LORD? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
the wise.
Jeremiah 10:7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for to you does it appertain: …
Daniel 2:2,12,27 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, …
Daniel 4:6,7 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me…
Daniel 5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, …
Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod …
knew.
1 Chronicles 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding …
Matthew 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is …
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
the seven.
Ezra 7:14 For as much as you are sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, …
saw.
2 Kings 25:19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men …
Matthew 18:10 Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you…
Revelation 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
What shall we do. Heb. What to do.
Esther 6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to …
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Vashti. This reasoning was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not generally disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no precedent for the general conduct of the Persian women. She disobeyed only in one particular; and this, to serve a purpose, Memucan draws into a general consequence: and the rest came into the conclusion, being either too intoxicated to be able to discern right from wrong, or too intent on reducing women to a state of vassalage, to neglect the present favourable opportunity.
done wrong.
Acts 18:14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the …
Acts 25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought …
1 Corinthians 6:7,8 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go …
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
despise.
2 Samuel 6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's …
Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife …
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
the ladies. Saroth, the princesses: but the meaning is well expressed by our term ladies.
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
it please the king. Heb. it be good with the king.
Esther 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did …
Esther 3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed…
Esther 8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favor in his sight, …
from him. Heb. from before him. it be not altered. Heb. it pass not away.
Esther 8:8 Write you also for the Jews, as it likes you, in the king's name, …
Daniel 6:8-15,17 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it …
another. Heb. her companion. that is better.
1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said to him, The LORD has rent the kingdom of Israel from …
1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and …
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
throughout.
Deuteronomy 17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
Deuteronomy 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he …
all the wives.
Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife …
Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1-7 Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, …
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
pleased the king. Heb. was good in the eyes of the king.
Esther 1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, …
Esther 2:4 And let the maiden which pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. …
Genesis 41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of …
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
into every province.
Esther 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month…
Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, …
Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, …
Daniel 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages, that …
that every man. Both the law of God and common sense taught this from the foundation of the world; and this parade of enactment was only to deprive Vashti of her crown.
Ephesians 5:22-24 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord…
1 Timothy 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the …
Titus 2:4,5 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, …
it should, etc. Heb. one should publish it according to the language of his country.
Esther 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month…
according.
Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely…
Acts 2:5-11 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every …
1 Corinthians 14:19,20 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, …
