Judges 9:7
mount Gerizim.De 11:29; 27:12; Jos 8:33; Joh 4:20Hearken.Ps 18:40,41; 50:15-21; Pr 1:28,29; 21:13; 28:9; Isa 1:15; 58:6-10Mt 18:26-34; Jas 2:13 Judges 9:20
let fire come out.15,23,56,57; 7:22; 2Ch 20:22,23; Ps 21:9,10; 28:4; 52:1-5Ps 120:3,4; 140:10 Judges 9:56-57
God rendered.Both the fratricide Abimelech and the unprincipled men of Shechem had the iniquity visited upon them of which they had been guilty. Man's judgment may be avoided; but there is no escape from that of God. How many houses have been sown with salt in France, by the just judgment of God, for the massacre of the Protestants on the eve of St. Bartholomew! See Note on ver. 45. 24; Job 31:3; Ps 9:12; 11:6; 58:10,11; 94:23; Pr 5:22; Mt 7:2Ac 28:4; Ga 6:7; Re 19:20,21 upon them.20,45; Jos 6:26; 1Ki 16:34 Esther 3
1 Haman, advanced by the king, and despised by Mordecai, seeks revenge upon all the Jews.7 He casts lots.8 He obtains by calumniation a decree of the king to put the Jews to death. A.M. 3551. B.C. 453. promote Haman.7:6; Ps 12:8; Pr 29:2Agagite.Nu 24:7; 1Sa 15:8,33above all the princes.1:14; Ge 41:40,55; Ezr 7:14; Da 6:2 the king's servants.Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions." These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them. 2:19,21bowed.Ge 41:43; Php 2:10bowed not.{Yichrâ welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated himself," or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration. 1,5; Ex 17:14,16; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3; Ps 15:4 Why.2; Ex 1:17; Mt 15:2,3 when they spake.Ge 39:10that they told.Da 3:8,9; 6:13he had told.Ezr 1:3; Da 3:12,16-18,23-30; 6:20-28; Jon 1:9 that Mordecai.2; 5:9full of wrath.1:12; Ge 4:5,6; Job 5:2; Pr 12:16; 19:19; 21:24; 27:3,4; Da 3:19 sought.Ps 83:4; Re 12:12 the first month.Ne 2:1in the twelfth.1:3; 2:16they cast Pur.9:24-26; Pr 16:33; Eze 21:21,22; Mt 27:35Adar.9:1,5,17-19,21; Ezr 6:15 scattered abroad.Le 26:33; De 4:27; 30:3; 32:26; Ne 1:8; Jer 50:17; Eze 6:8; 11:16Zec 7:14; Joh 7:35; Jas 1:1; 1Pe 1:1their laws.Ezr 4:12-15; Ac 16:20,21; 17:6,7; 24:5; 28:22for the king's profit to. Heb. meet, or equal for the kingto, etc. that they may be destroyed. Heb. to destroy them. and Iwill pay. Heb. and I will weigh. Ge 23:16Here Haman is obliged to acknowledge that there would be a loss to the revenue, which he was willing to make up out of his own property. Ten thousand talents of silver, counted by the Babylonish talent, amount to 2,119,000£.; but reckoned by the Jewish talent, they amount to double that sum. In those days, silver and gold were more plentiful than at present; and we have many instances of individuals possessing almost incredible riches. Herodotus relates, that when Xerxes went into Greece, Pythius the Lydian had 2,000 talents of silver, and 4,000,000 of gold darics, which unitedly amount to nearly 5,500,000£. Plutarch tells us, that after Crassus had dedicated the tenth of all he had to Hercules, he entertained the Roman people at 10,000 tables, and distributed to every citizen as much corn as was sufficient for three months; and, after all these expenses, he had 7,100 Roman talents left, which amount to more than 1,500,000£. Lentulus the augur is said to have possessed no less than 3,333,333£. 6s. 8d. Apicius was worth more than 916,671£ 13s. 4d.; and, after having spent in his kitchen 833,333£ 6s. 8d. he considered the remainder too little for his support, and poisoned himself! ten thousand.Mt 18:24 took.8:2,8; Ge 41:42enemy. or, oppressor.7:6 to do.Ps 73:7; Jer 26:14; 40:4; Lu 23:25 Then were.8:9-17scribes. or, secretaries. according.1:22; 8:9; 9:27in the name.1Ki 21:8; Da 6:8,12,15sealed.8:2,8,10 by posts.8:10,14; 2Ch 30:6; Job 9:25; Jer 51:31; Ro 3:15both young.1Sa 15:3; 22:19in one day.8:12-14; Jas 2:13the spoil.8:11; 9:10; Isa 10:6 The copy.8:13,14 hastened.Pr 1:16; 4:16sat down.Ho 7:5; Am 6:6; Joh 16:20; Re 11:10the city.4:16; 8:15; Pr 29:2 Esther 4:6
the king said.3; 7:2; 9:12 Esther 4:9
9 Psalms 12:8
wicked.Pr 29:12; Ho 5:11; Mic 6:16when.Jud 9:18-57; 1Sa 18:17,18; Es 3:6-15; Isa 32:4-6; Mr 14:63-65men. Heb. of the sons of men.Job 30:8; Da 11:21 Psalms 15:4
a vile.101:4; 2Ki 3:13,14; Es 3:2; Job 32:21,22; Isa 32:5,6; Da 5:17-31Ac 24:2,3,25; Jas 2:1-9but.16:3; 101:6; 119:63; Mt 12:49,50; 1Jo 3:14sweareth.Jos 9:18-20; Jud 11:35; 2Sa 21:1,2; Mt 5:33 Proverbs 26:3
According to our notions, we should rather say, a bridle for the horse, and a whip for the ass; but it should be considered, that the Eastern asses are not only much more beautiful, but better goers that ours; and being active and well broken, they need only a bridle to guide them; whereas their horses being scarce, and often caught wild, and badly broken, are much less manageable, and need the correction of the whip. 10:13; 17:10; 19:25; 27:22; Jud 8:5-7; Ps 32:9; 1Co 4:21; 2Co 10:62Co 13:2 Proverbs 28:16
prince.1Ki 12:10,14; Ne 5:15; Ec 4:1; Isa 3:12; Am 4:1he that.Ex 18:21; Isa 33:15,16; Jer 22:15-17
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