Esther 1:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlainsc that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, ”

Esther 1:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

On the (g) seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the prese...
Esther 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1. The Royal Feast. Vashti's Disobedience and Degradation. The opening words in MT (and it came to pass) are in good Heb style, which shows that an able scribe wrote here. But they prove tha...
Esther 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

commanded. Hebrew. 'amar. So rendered in verses: Esther 1:1 ; Esther 1:15 ; Esther 1:17 ; Esther 2:20 ; Esther 4:13 ; Esther 6:1 ; Esther 9:14 ; Esther 9:25 . Note the different words ren...
Esther 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence...
Esther 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the prese...
Esther 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Disobedience and Disgrace of Queen Vashti 1. Ahasuerus] LXX has 'Artaxerxes,' but probably 'Xerxes,' the son of Darius Hystaspis, is meant, who succeeded his father in 485 b.c. India.. Ethio...
Esther 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Was merry with wine. — The habit of the Persians to indulge in wine to excess may be inferred from Esther 1:8 . Chamberlains. — Literally, eunuchs. The names of the men, whatever they may be,...
Esther 1:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

AHASUERUS AND VASHTI Esther 1:1-22 THE character of Ahasuerus illustrates the Nemesis of absolutism, by showing how unlimited power is crushed and dissolved beneath the weight of its own immens...
Esther 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Vashti's Noble Refusal Esther 1:1-22 The book opens with a royal festival, which lasted for six months, Esther 1:1-9 . Perhaps the princes came up from their governments to partake of it in ro...
Esther 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The events recorded in the Book of Esther occurred between the completion of the Temple and the mission of Ezra (between Ezra 6:1-22 ; Ezr 7:1-28). In all likelihood the narrative, as we have it, wa...
Esther 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) В¶ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the p...
Esther 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

On the seventh day ,.... Of the feast, the last day of it, which the Rabbins, as Jarchi observes, say was the sabbath day, and so the Targum: when the heart of the king was merry with wine ; when...
Esther 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence...
Esther 1:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FIRST FEAST OF THE KING (vv. 1-4) Ahasuerus was a name given to the chief king of Persia.The Ahasuerus of verse 1 is recorded in history as Xerxes 1. His empire extended over a very large ar...
Esther 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vashti's Refusal to Appear; Vashti Divorced. B. C. 519. 10 On the seventh day, when th...
Esther 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Chamberlains, or eunuchs ; which were much in use and in favour in the eastern courts, and particularly with the Persian emperors, as ancient histories inform us.
Esther 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 1:12 . Vashti refused to come] It was regarded as something unheard of if the queen appeared in public unveiled.— Lange . Vashti means the best. Esther 1:13 . Which k...
Esther 1:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

chamberlains Or, enunchs.
Esther 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:1 . From India even to Ethiopia. Darius the Mede appointed one hundred and twenty governors. Hence it appears that this Ahasuérus, the Xerxes Longimanus of Herodotus, had enlarged his con...
Esther 1:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

When the heart of the king was merry with wine. Intoxication There is a difference between not being intoxicated and being sober. A person may be able to speak and to walk, and yet may be guilt...
Esther 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI ( Esther 1:10-17 ). On the seventh day of the feast "to all in Shushan" ( Esther 1:5 ), the king having excited himself with drink, took it into his he...
Esther 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment
Esther 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:36 ; 1 Samuel 25:37 ; 2 Samuel 13:28 ; Daniel 1:18 ; Daniel 1:19 ; Daniel 1:3-5 ; Ecclesiastes 10:19 ; Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 ; Ephesians 5:18 ; Ephesians 5:19 ; Esther 7:9 ; Gene...

Esther 1:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Esther 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 1:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 1:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 1:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

Esther 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge