Ahasuerus: Prideaux has shewn satisfactorily that Ahasuerus was the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks, agreeably to the Septuagint and Josephus. See note on [ Ezr 6:14]. [ Ezr 4:6], [ Dan 9:1]
from India: [ Est 8:9], [ Isa 18:1], [ Isa 37:9]
an hundred: [ Dan 6:1]
Reciprocal: [ Ezr 2:1] - the children [ Ezr 5:8] - the province [ Neh 1:3] - the province [ Est 2:3] - in all the provinces [ Est 4:3] - in every province [ Est 9:20] - in all the provinces [ Est 9:30] - the hundred [ Est 10:1] - laid a tribute [ Dan 3:1] - in the province [ Act 23:34] - he asked
sat: [ 2Sa 7:1], [ 1Ki 1:46], [ Dan 4:4]
Shushan: [ Est 2:3], [ Est 3:15], [ Est 4:16], [ Est 9:12-15], [ Neh 1:1], [ Dan 8:2]
Reciprocal: [ Exo 1:1] - General [ Ezr 4:9] - Susanchites [ Est 2:5] - Shushan [ Est 8:14] - Shushan [ Mat 14:6] - birthday
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he made: [ Est 2:18], [ Gen 40:20], [ 1Ki 3:15], [ Dan 5:1], [ Mar 6:21]
of Persia: [ Est 1:14], [ Ezr 1:2], [ Isa 21:2], [ Jer 51:11], [ Dan 5:28], [ Dan 8:20]
the nobles: [ Dan 3:2], [ Dan 3:3], [ Dan 6:1], [ Dan 6:6], [ Dan 6:7]
Reciprocal: [ Gen 21:8] - feast [ 1Sa 25:36] - a feast [ 2Sa 3:20] - David [ Ezr 2:1] - the children [ Est 3:7] - in the twelfth [ Jer 51:28] - the kings [ Dan 8:3] - one [ Luk 7:25] - are in [ 1Jn 2:16] - and the pride
When he: [ Isa 39:2], [ Eze 28:5], [ Dan 4:30]
the riches: [ Psa 76:1-4], [ Psa 145:5], [ Psa 145:12], [ Psa 145:13], [ Dan 2:37-44], [ Dan 7:9-14], [ Mat 4:8], [ Mat 6:13], [ Rom 9:23], [ Eph 1:18], [ Col 1:27], [ Rev 4:11]
excellent: [ 1Ch 29:11], [ 1Ch 29:12], [ 1Ch 29:25], [ Job 40:10], [ Psa 21:5], [ Psa 45:3], [ Psa 93:1], [ Dan 4:36], [ Dan 5:18], [ 2Pe 1:16], [ 2Pe 1:17]
Reciprocal: [ Est 5:11] - the glory [ Act 25:23] - with [ 1Th 2:6] - of men
present: Heb. found
seven days: [ 2Ch 7:8], [ 2Ch 7:9], [ 2Ch 30:21-25]
Reciprocal: [ 2Ki 23:2] - both small and great [ Mar 6:39] - General
white: [ Exo 26:1], [ Exo 26:31], [ Exo 26:32], [ Exo 26:36], [ Exo 26:37]
blue: or, violet, [ Est 8:15]
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. [ Est 7:8], [ Eze 23:41], [Amo 2:8], [Amo 6:4]
red: etc. or, of porphyre, and marble, and alabaster, and stone of blue colour
Reciprocal: [ Mar 6:39] - General
vessels of gold: [ 1Ki 10:21], [ 2Ch 9:20], [ Dan 5:2-4]
royal wine: Heb. wine of the kingdom
state of the king: Heb. hand of the king.
Reciprocal: [ Jdg 14:10] - made there [ 2Ki 7:15] - vessels
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 Η πιθι, η απιθι, 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. [ Jer 35:8], [ Jer 51:7], [ Hab 2:15], [ Hab 2:16]
the officers: [ Joh 2:8]
Reciprocal: [ Ezr 2:1] - the children
the queen: [ Est 5:4], [ Est 5:8]
the heart: [ Gen 43:34], [ Jdg 16:25], [ 1Sa 25:36], [ 1Sa 25:37], [ 2Sa 13:28], [ Pro 20:1], [ Ecc 7:2-4], [ Ecc 10:19], [ Eph 5:18], [ Eph 5:19]
Harbona: [ Est 7:9], Harbonah
chamberlains: or, eunuchs, [ Dan 1:3-5], [ Dan 1:18], [ Dan 1:19]
Reciprocal: [ Gen 37:36] - officer [ Jdg 19:6] - let thine heart [Rth 3:7] - his heart [ 2Ki 9:32] - eunuchs [ Est 2:2] - king’s servants [ Est 4:5] - appointed to attend upon her [ Mat 14:6] - danced [ Mar 6:22] - General
Vashti: [ Pro 16:9], [ Pro 23:29-33], [ Mar 6:21], [ Mar 6:22]
fair to look on: Heb. good of countenance, [ 1Sa 25:3], [ 2Sa 14:25], [ Pro 31:30]
Reciprocal: [ Ezr 2:1] - the children [ Est 2:7] - fair and beautiful [ Est 5:1] - royal [ Luk 7:25] - are in
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: [ Gen 3:16], [ Eph 5:22], [ Eph 5:24], [ 1Pe 3:1]
by his chamberlains: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs
was the king: [ Pro 19:12], [ Pro 20:2], [ Dan 2:12], [ Dan 3:13], [ Dan 3:19], [ Nah 1:6], [ Rev 6:16], [ Rev 6:17]
burned: [ Exo 32:19], [ Exo 32:22], [ Deu 29:20], [ Psa 74:1], [ Psa 79:5]
Reciprocal: [ Gen 44:18] - anger [ 2Sa 14:29] - but he would [ Est 2:1] - what was decreed [ Est 3:5] - full of wrath [ Est 4:4] - chamberlains [ Est 4:5] - appointed to attend upon her [ Est 7:7] - in his wrath [ Pro 31:30] - Favour
the wise: [ Jer 10:7], [ Dan 2:2], [ Dan 2:12], [ Dan 2:27], [ Dan 4:6], [ Dan 4:7], [ Dan 5:7], [ Mat 2:1]
knew: [ 1Ch 12:32], [ Mat 16:3]
Reciprocal: [ Dan 2:21] - he changeth
the seven: [ Ezr 7:14]
saw: [ 2Ki 25:19], [ Mat 18:10], [ Rev 22:4]
Reciprocal: [ Est 1:3] - of Persia [ Est 2:2] - king’s servants [ Est 3:1] - above all the princes [ Est 8:1] - came before [ Jer 52:25] - were near the king’s person
What shall we do: Heb. What to do, [ Est 6:6]
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: [ Act 18:14], [ Act 25:10], [ 1Co 6:7], [ 1Co 6:8]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 12:14] - the counsel [ Eph 5:22] - submit [ 1Pe 3:1] - ye
despise: [ 2Sa 6:16], [ Eph 5:33]
Reciprocal: [ 1Co 14:34] - as
the ladies: Saroth, the princesses, but the meaning is well expressed by our term ladies. [ Jdg 5:29], [ 1Ki 11:3]
it please the king: Heb. it be good with the king, [ Est 1:21], [ Est 3:9], [ Est 8:5]
from him: Heb. from before him
it be not altered: Heb. it pass not away, [ Est 8:8], [ Dan 6:8-15], [ Dan 6:17], Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."
another: Heb. her companion
that is better: [ 1Sa 15:28], [ 1Ki 3:28]
Reciprocal: [ 1Ki 2:32] - more righteous [ Neh 2:5] - If it please [ Est 4:11] - but I [ Dan 6:12] - The thing
throughout: [ Deu 17:13], [ Deu 21:21]
all the wives: [ Eph 5:33], [ Col 3:18], [ 1Pe 3:1-7]
Reciprocal: [ Gen 3:16] - rule [ Eph 5:22] - submit [ 1Ti 2:11] - General
pleased the king: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king, [ Est 1:19], [ Est 2:4], [ Gen 41:37]
Reciprocal: [ Gen 45:16] - it pleased Pharaoh well [ Jos 22:30] - it pleased them [ 2Sa 17:4] - pleased Absalom well
into every province: [ Est 3:12], [ Est 8:9], [ Dan 3:29], [ Dan 4:1]
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. [ Eph 5:22-24], [ 1Ti 2:12], [ Tit 2:4], [ Tit 2:5]
it should: etc. Heb. one should publish it according to the language of his country, [ Est 3:12]
according: [ Luk 16:8], [ Act 2:5-11], [ 1Co 14:19], [ 1Co 14:20]
Reciprocal: [ Ezr 5:8] - the province [ Est 9:20] - in all the provinces