Esther 1:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. ”

Esther 1:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

According to the law - An exception to the ordinary practice of compulsory drinking had been made on this occasion by the king’s order.
Esther 1:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did (f) compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. (f) No one wa...
Esther 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

law. Heb, dath = royal decree, or special mandate, as in verses: Esther 1:1 ; Esther 1:13 ; Esther 1:15 ; Esther 1:19 ; Esther 3:8 ; Esther 4:11 ; Esther 4:16 .
Esther 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. None did compel: f...
Esther 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. No JFB comme...
Esther 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Law. — Rather ordinance or decree, that is, specially put forth for this occasion. What this means is shown by what follows, namely, that the king had issued special orders to allow all to do a...
Esther 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the drinking was according to the law, none did compel ,.... According to the law Ahasuerus gave to his officers next mentioned, which was not to oblige any man to drink more than he chose; the...
Esther 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the drinking [was] according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. Ver. 8. And the...
Esther 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The drinking was according to the law The Persians were at first, before they came to have such a great dominion, sober and temperate; but afterward they fell into the manner and luxury of the Mede...
Esther 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

According to the law, none did compel, i.e. according to this law which the king had now made, that none should compel another to drink more than he pleased; which the Persians and other loose and...
Esther 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 1:7 . Royal wine] A very costly wine, called the Chalybonian wine, that the Persian kings used to drink. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:7-8 UNWISE LIBERA...
Esther 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel Political prudence It is not entirely, however, in moral recoil that sanction is thus given in law to the better practice. There is...
Esther 1:8 - 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 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The King's Banquet
Esther 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:15 ; Habakkuk 2:16 ; Jeremiah 35:8 ; Jeremiah 51:7 ; John 2:8
Esther 1:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The law — According to this law which the king had now made, that none should compel another to drink more than he pleased. How does this Heathen prince shame many, that are called Christians, who...

Esther 1:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Esther 1:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Esther 1:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 1:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 1:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 1:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 1:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 1:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Esther 1:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 1:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 1:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes