throughout: Deuteronomy 17:13, Deuteronomy 21:21
all the wives: Ephesians 5:33; Colossians 3:18; 1 Peter 3:1-7
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Esther 1:20
Esther 1:20
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Esther 1 — OverviewEsther 1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSeveral things in this chapter itself are very instructive and of great
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made for Esther to the crown, in order to her being instrumental to…Esther 1 — OverviewEsther 1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEsther 1:1, Ahasuerus makes royal feasts; Esther 1:10, Vashti, sent for, refuses to come; Esther 1:13, Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, and makes the decree of men’s sovereignty.Esther 1 — OverviewEsther 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis book has its name from the person who is the principal subject of it; it is by Clemens of Alexandria called the Book of Mordecai also; it is commonly called, in the Hebrew copies, "Megillah Esther", the Volume of…Esther 1:10-22Esther 1:10-22 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here a damp to all the mirth of Ahasuerus's feast; it ended in
heaviness, not as Job's children's feast by a wind from the wilderness,
not as Belshazzar's by a hand-writing on the wall, but by his own…Esther 1:20Esther 1:20 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire,.... As it was proper it should, since the report of the queen's deed would be made everywhere:for it is great; the empire…