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Esther 1:16
Esther 1:16
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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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
use; but the design of recording the story of it is to show how way was
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 1:16Esther 1:16 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeVashti: 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…