Chapter 6

1
that night Esth 5:8; Gen 22:14; 1Sam 23:26-27; Isa 41:17; Rom 11:33

could not the king sleep Heb. the king's sleep fled away, Dan 2:1, Dan 6:18

the book of records As chronicles were composed among the Persians, a more instructive and interesting work could not be brought before the king; because they were all written in verse, and were generally the work of the most eminent poets of the empire. Esth 2:23; Mal 3:16


2
Bigthana Esth 2:21, Bigthan

door Heb. threshold


3
What honour Judg 1:12-13; 1Sam 17:25-26; 1Chr 11:6; Dan 5:7, Dan 5:16, Dan 5:29; Acts 28:8-10

There is nothing Gen 40:23; Ps 118:8-9; Eccl 9:15


4
Who is in the court Prov 3:27-28; Eccl 9:10

the outward Esth 4:11, Esth 5:1

to speak Esth 3:8-11, Esth 5:14, Esth 7:9; Job 5:13; Ps 2:4, Ps 33:19


6
whom the king etc. Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth, Ps 35:27; Isa 42:1, Isa 62:4-5; Jer 32:41; Matt 3:17; John 5:23

To whom Esth 3:2-3, Esth 5:11; Prov 1:32, Prov 16:18, Prov 18:12, Prov 30:13; Obad 1:3


7
whom the king etc. Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth, Esth 6:9, Esth 6:11


8
Let the royal etc. Heb. Let them bring the royal apparel, wherewith the king clotheth himself. 1Sam 18:4; Luke 15:22

the horse Herodotus relates, that the kings of Persia had horses peculiar to themselves, which were brought from Armenia, and were remarkable for their beauty; and if the same law prevailed in Persia as in Judea, no man, under the penalty of death, might ride on the king's horse, any more than sit on his throne, wear his crown, or hold his sceptre. 1Kgs 1:33


9
bring him Heb. cause him to ride

proclaim Gen 41:43; 1Kgs 1:33-34; Zech 9:9


10
Make haste Dan 4:37; Luke 14:11; Rev 18:7

let nothing fail Heb. suffer not a whit to fall, 2Kgs 10:10


11
took Haman Ezra 6:13; Isa 60:14; Luke 1:52; Rev 3:9

and arrayed Esth 8:15, Esth 9:3

the street Pitts gives a similar account of the mode of honouring a person who turns a Mohammedan, at Algiers: "The apostate is to get on a stately steed, with a rich saddle and fine trappings. He is also richly habited, and has a turban on his head, but nothing of this is to be called his own; only there are given him about two or three yards of broad cloth, which is laid before him on the saddle. The horse, with him on his back, is led all round the city, which he is several hours in doing. The apostate is attended with drums and other music, and twenty or thirty serjeants. They march in order on each side of the horse, with naked swords in their hands. The crier goes before, with a loud voice giving thanks to God for the proselyte that is made."


12
came again Esth 2:19; 1Sam 3:15; Ps 131:1-2

hasted to his house 2Sam 17:23; 1Kgs 20:43, 1Kgs 21:4; 2Chr 26:20; Job 20:5

having Esth 7:8; 2Sam 15:30; Job 9:24; Jer 14:3-4


13
Zeresh Esth 5:10-14

said his wise Gen 41:8; Dan 2:12

If Mordecai Gen 40:19; 1Sam 28:19-20; Job 15:24; Dan 5:26-28; Zech 12:2-3

but shalt surely Job 16:2; Prov 28:18; Hos 14:9


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hasted to bring Esth 5:8, Esth 5:14; Deut 32:35-36


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