Esther 1:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. ”

Esther 1:12 - 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 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

refused. Probably because sent for by servants; not by the nobles ( Esther 1:3 ), and before the "peoples" ( Esther 1:5 ).
Esther 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. Vashti refused to come - And much should she be c...
Esther 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore was the king very wroth— His anger was the more immoderate because his blood was heated with wine, which made his passion too strong for his reason; otherwise he would not have thought it...
Esther 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Esther 1:12 - 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 1:12 - 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 1:12 - 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 1:12 - 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 1:12 - 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 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the queen refused to came at the king's commandment by his chamberlains ,.... Even though he sent by them again, as the Targum; and so says Josephus o; which might not purely arise from pride in...
Esther 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. Ver. 12. But the queen Vashti refused to come a...
Esther 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The queen Vashti refused to come Being favoured in this refusal by the law of Persia, which was, to keep men's wives, and especially queens, from the view of other men. His anger burned in him It...
Esther 1:12 - 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 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vashti's Refusal to Appear; Vashti Divorced. B. C. 519. 10 On the seventh day, when th...
Esther 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Vashti refused to come; being favoured in this refusal by the laws and customs of Persia, which was to keep men's wives, and especially queens, as much as might be from the view of other men.
Esther 1:12 - 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 1:12 - 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 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

To bring Vashti the queen before the king. Vanity Whatever be the ruling passion of a man, whether it be pride, vanity, or anger, or lust, or impiety, or even benevolence, it will display itsel...
Esther 1:12 - 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 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment
Esther 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:1 ; Daniel 2:12 ; Daniel 3:13 ; Daniel 3:19 ; Deuteronomy 29:20 ; Ephesians 5:22 ; Ephesians 5:24 ; Exodus 32:19 ; Exodus 32:22 ; Genesis 3:16 ; Nahum 1:6 ; Proverbs 19:12 ; Pr...
Esther 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Refused — Being favoured in this refusal by the law of Persia, which was to keep mens wives, and especially queens, from the view of other men.

Esther 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes