Esther 1:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the saying pleasede the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: ”

Esther 1:21 - 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 1:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Esther 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - 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 1:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the saying pleased the king and the princes ,.... The king, and the other six princes and counsellors, approved of the proposal, and unanimously agreed to it: and the king did according to the...
Esther 1:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: Ver. 21. And the saying pleased the king ] Pity but itching ears should have clawing counsellors...
Esther 1:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the wives shall give to their husbands honour , &c. None will dare to disobey, when they hear that the greatness of the queen could not preserve her from such a heavy punishment. The saying...
Esther 1:21 - 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 1:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vashti's Refusal to Appear; Vashti Divorced. B. C. 519. 10 On the seventh day, when th...
Esther 1:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The saying pleased the king and the princes; partly because their own authority and interest was concerned in it; and especially by the singular providence of God, who designed to bring about his o...
Esther 1:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 1:22 . According to the language of the people] Obscure. The native tongue of the head of the house to be used in the family. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1...
Esther 1:21 - 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 1:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Memucan answered before the king. Hasty counsellors If they had been wise, as counsellors ought to be, they would have been in no haste to give judgment in a matter so important as that whi...
Esther 1:21 - 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 1:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment
Esther 1:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 1:19 ; Esther 2:4 ; Genesis 41:37

Esther 1:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 1:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 1:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 1:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 1:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 1:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 1:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 1:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 1:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 1:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 1:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 1:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge