Esther 1:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, ”

Esther 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus (c) sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace, (c) That is, had rest and quietness.
Esther 1:2 - 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 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in those days: i.e. the days when these events took place. At other times he dwelt at Ecbatana, or elsewhere. Esther 1:1 mentions the ruler; Esther 1:2 , the place; Esther 1:1 , the time. sat...
Esther 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, Sat on the throne of his kingdom - Having subdued all his enemies, and brought unive...
Esther 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne— That is, enjoying peace and tranquillity through his large dominions; for the history of his accession to the throne is this: Xexres, his father, was priv...
Esther 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, When the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom - i:e., in the third ye...
Esther 1:2 - 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 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shushan. — Susa. Mentioned also in Nehemiah 1:1 . It was the general abode of the Persian kings. (See Herod. vii. 6.)
Esther 1:2 - 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 1:2 - 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 1:2 - 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 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, (3) In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his ser...
Esther 1:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE BOOK OF ESTHER ‘Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus … that in those days … Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, … how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto m...
Esther 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom ,.... Not only was placed upon it, but settled in it; after Xerxes had subdued Egypt, in the second year of his reign e,...
Esther 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 1:2 [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace, Ver. 2. When the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne ] Having peace wit...
Esther 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom Was settled in the quiet possession of it, enjoying peace and tranquillity throughout his large dominions; which was in Shushan the palace “Which,...
Esther 1:2 - 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 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Feast of Ahasuerus. B. C. 519. 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this...
Esther 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sat on the throne of his kingdom, i.e. either was lately advanced to it, or rather was settled in the peaceable possession of it. The palace; or, the castle ; or, the chief or royal city , as b...
Esther 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

PERSIAN SPLENDOUR CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 1:1 . Ahasuerus] Heb. Ahashverosh. Prince, chief. A name given in Scripture to Cambyses, the son of Cyrus, and to Astyages, king of the Medes ( Ezra 4:...
Esther 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Esther 1:1-3 ; Esther 8:4-6 I. Let us observe the outward stage of these events. In the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, the Persian court forms, as it were, the background of all the transactions...
Esther 1:2 - 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 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia). Artaxerxes By almost universal acknowledgment now, the sovereign here referred to...
Esther 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE GREAT FEAST OF KING AHASUERUS AT SUSA , AND THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI EXPOSITION THE GREAT FEAST ( Esther 1:1-17 ). King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) in the third year of...
Esther 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The King's Banquet
Esther 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:46 ; 2 Samuel 7:1 ; Daniel 4:4 ; Daniel 8:2 ; Esther 2:3 ; Esther 3:15 ; Esther 4:16 ; Esther 9:12-15 ; Nehemiah 1:1
Esther 1:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sat — Was settled in the peaceable possession of it. Shushan — The chief or royal city. Shushan might be the proper name of the palace, which thence was given to the whole city. Here the kings of P...

Esther 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Esther 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 1:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 1:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Esther 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Esther 1:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 1:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes