Esther 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were presenta in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; ”

Esther 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Feasts on this extensive scale were not unusual in the East. Cyrus is said on one occasion to have feasted “all the Persians.” Even ordinarily, the later Persian monarchs entertained 15,000 persons...
Esther 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

palace . house, or, large house.
Esther 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's pa...
Esther 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Esther 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All the people. — So we find Cyrus feasting “all the Persians” (Herod. i. 126).
Esther 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when these days were ended ,.... The one hundred and eighty, in which the nobles, princes, and great men of the kingdom were feasted: the king made a feast unto all the people that were presen...
Esther 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's pa...
Esther 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Made a feast unto all the people in Shushan Not only to the inhabitants of Shushan, but to all that were then present in the city out of all parts of his dominions. In the court of the garden of t...
Esther 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All the people that were present; both such as constantly resided there, and such as were come thither upon their occasions, of whatsoever condition or quality. In the court of the garden: the Pe...
Esther 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 1:3 . The power of Persia] The king’s body-guard. The princes, the pashas, or governors of those provinces. Esther 1:4 . An hundred and fourscore days] We are not ob...
Esther 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Esther 1:1-9 (with Philippians 4:5 ) I. The book of Esther is to be held in everlasting remembrance, if only as showing to all ages and to all peoples how much the heavenly love and care conce...
Esther 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The King's Banquet
Esther 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 30:21-25 ; 2 Chronicles 7:8 ; 2 Chronicles 7:9

Esther 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Esther 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Esther 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge