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Esther 5:9

Esther 5:9

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Esther 5 — OverviewEsther 5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe last news we had of Haman left him in his cups, ch. iii. 15. Our last news of queen Esther left her in tears, fasting and praying. Now this chapter brings in, I. Esther in her joys, smiled upon by the king…Esther 5 — OverviewEsther 5 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEsther 5:1, Esther, adventuring on the king’s favour, obtains the grace of the golden sceptre, and invites the king and Haman to a banquet; Esther 5:6, She, being encouraged by the king in her suit, invites them to…Esther 5 — OverviewEsther 5 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of Esther's going in to the king, and of his holding out the golden sceptre to her, on which she invited him and Haman to a banquet of wine that day, and to another the next day, Es 5:1,…Esther 5:4-14Esther 5:4-14 · The Pulpit CommentaryPrudence versus Guile. I. EVERYTHING HAS ITS SEASON. Why did not Esther at once lay open her heart to the king? Was she confused by his unexpected kindness, or seized with timidity at the moment of peril? Most likely…Esther 5:9-14Esther 5:9-14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis account here given of Haman is a comment upon that of Solomon, Prov. xxi. 24. Proud and haughty scorner is his name that deals in proud wrath. Never did any man more answer that name than Haman, in whom…Esther 5:9Esther 5:9 · The Pulpit CommentaryMordecai … stood not up, nor moved for him. Originally Mordecai bad merely declined to prostrate himself before Haman on religious grounds. Now he looked upon Haman as his personal enemy, and would not even acknowledge…