Chapter 8

1
give the house Job 27:16-17; Ps 39:6, Ps 49:6-13; Prov 13:22, Prov 28:8; Eccl 2:18-19; Luke 12:20

came before Esth 1:14, Esth 2:7, Esth 2:15


2
his ring Esth 3:10; Gen 41:42; Isa 22:19-22; Luke 15:22

Esther set 2Sam 9:7-10; Ps 37:34; Eccl 2:18, Eccl 2:19-26, Eccl 5:13-14; Dan 2:48


3
fell 1Sam 25:24; 2Kgs 4:27

besought him with tears Heb. she wept and besought him, Isa 38:2; Hos 12:4; Heb 5:7

mischief Esth 3:8-15, Esth 7:4


4
held out Esth 4:11, Esth 5:2


5
if I Esth 7:3; Exod 33:13, Exod 33:16; 1Sam 20:29

I be pleasing Esth 2:4, Esth 2:17

letters Heb. device, Esth 3:12-13

which he wrote or, who wrote


6
For how Gen 44:34; Jer 4:19, Jer 9:1; Luke 19:41-42; Rom 9:2-3, Rom 10:1

endure to see Heb. be able that I may see

the evil Esth 7:4; Neh 2:3


7
Behold Esth 8:1; Prov 13:22

him they have hanged Esth 7:10; Gal 3:13


8
in the king's name Esth 3:12; 1Kgs 21:8

may no man reverse No, not the king himself; and this was the reason that the king was forced not to reverse, but to give a contradictory decree; that if the Jews, pursuant to the first decree, were assaulted, they might legitimately, by virtue of the second, defend themselves, slay their enemies, and even take the spoil. Esth 8:5, Esth 1:19; Dan 6:8, Dan 6:12-15; 2Tim 2:19; Heb 6:17-18


9
the king's Esth 3:12

and to the lieutenants Esth 1:1, Esth 1:22, Esth 3:12-13; Dan 6:1

India The Hebrew word Hoddo, in Syriac, Hendoo, and in Arabic, Hind, is rendered India by all the versions. India, or Hindostan, is a large country of the south of Asia, extending from north to south about 2,400 miles, and from east to west 1,800, between 8 degrees and 35 degrees n lat. and 68 degrees and 92 degrees e long.; being bounded on the west by the Indus, east by the Birman empire and Thibet, north by the Indian Caucasus, and south by the Indian Ocean. It is probable, however, that all the country east of the Indus was anciently called India.

and according Esth 1:22, Esth 3:12; 2Kgs 18:26; Dan 4:1; 1Cor 14:9-11


10
in the king 1Kgs 21:8; Eccl 8:4; Dan 4:1

by posts Esth 3:13; 2Chr 30:6; Job 9:25; Jer 51:21

mules Rechesh, in Syriac, rechesha, probably denotes a swift horse.

camels Achashteranim, from the Persian akhash, large, and aster, a mule, probably, as Bochart supposes, denotes a large mule.

young dromedaries Beney harammachim, "the sons of mares," as the word ramakat denotes in Arabic; probably an expletive of the preceeding word. Isa 60:6, Isa 66:20; Jer 2:23


11
to gather Esth 9:2-16

to destroy Ps 37:14-15, Ps 68:3, Ps 137:8, Ps 146:6-9; Ezek 39:10

and to take the spoil Esth 3:13, Esth 9:10, Esth 9:15-16; Isa 10:6


12
one day Esth 9:1; Exod 15:9-10; Judg 1:6-7

upon the thirteenth Esth 3:13-15


13
published Heb. revealed

avenge themselves Judg 16:28; Ps 37:14-15, Ps 68:23, Ps 92:10-11, Ps 149:6-9; Luke 18:7; Rev 6:10


14
being hastened 1Sam 21:8; Eccl 9:10

Shushan Esth 1:2, Esth 2:3, Esth 3:15; Neh 1:1; Dan 8:2


15
royal apparel Esth 5:1, Esth 6:8, Esth 6:11; Gen 41:42; Matt 6:29, Matt 11:8; Luke 16:19

blue or, violet, Esth 1:6

and with a great crown Mordecai was now made the chief minister, or vizier, instead of Haman; and was accordingly invested with the "royal apparel," in conformity to the custom of the East. So we are informed, in the History of the Revolt of Ali Bey, that on the election of a new sheikh bellet, or chief of the country, in Egypt, the pasha who approves of him invests him with a robe of valuable fur. Perhaps the crown was one of the insignia of the office of vizier. Concerning the blue, fine linen, and purple; see note on Exod 25:4, and see note on Exod 39:27.

the city Haman was too proud to be popular. Few lamented his fall. Esth 3:15; Prov 29:2


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Jews Esth 4:1-3, Esth 4:16; Ps 30:5-11

had light That is, prosperity and hope. The dark cloud which had so long hung over them was dispelled; and again the sunshine of prosperity beamed upon them. Esth 9:17; Ps 18:28, Ps 97:11; Prov 4:18-19, Prov 11:10; Isa 30:29-30, Isa 35:10


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a feast Esth 9:17, Esth 9:19, Esth 9:22; 1Sam 25:8; Neh 8:10

many of the people Ps 18:43; Zech 8:20-23

for the fear Esth 9:2; Gen 35:5; Exod 15:16; Deut 2:25, Deut 11:25


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