Esther 2:19
the virgins.3,4sat in the king's gate.21; 3:2,3; 5:13Esther 2:21
Bigthan.6:2Bigthana. door. Heb. threshold. and sought.2Sa 4:5,6; 16:11; 1Ki 15:25-27; 16:9; 2Ki 9:22-24; 12:20; 21:23Ps 144:10Esther 3:2
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 15:4Jeremiah 39:3
all the.1:15; 21:4; 38:17Nergalsharezer.13; 2Ki 17:30Sarsechim.These were the principal commanders; but Dr. Blayney thinks that, instead of six persons, we have in reality but three, as the name that follows each is the title of the office. Thus Nergal-Sharezer, who was Samgar-nebo, or keeper, i.e., priest of Nebo; Sarsechim, who was Rab-saris, or chief eunuch; and Nergal-sharezer, who was Rab-mag, or chief magi; as the words {mog} in Persian, {magoos} in Arabic, {magooshai} in Syriac, and [magos ,] in Greek, signify; and we learn from Justin and Curtius that the magi attended the king in war.Amos 5:15
Hate.Ps 34:14; 36:4; 37:27; 97:10; 119:104; 139:21,22; Ro 7:15,16,22; 8:7Ro 12:9; 1Th 5:21,22; 3Jo 1:11establish.10,24; 6:12; 2Ch 19:6-11; Ps 82:2-4; Jer 7:5-7it may.Ex 32:30; 2Sa 16:12; 1Ki 20:31; 2Ki 19:4; Joe 2:14; Jon 3:9the remnant.6; 2Ki 13:7; 14:26,27; 15:29; Jer 31:7; Mic 2:12; 5:3,7,8
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