Esther 10:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. ”

Esther 10:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A tribute - Perhaps an allusion to some fresh arrangement of the tribute likely to have followed on the return of Xerxes from Greece. Upon the isles of the sea - Cyprus, Aradus, the island of...
Esther 10:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 10. Conclusion of the Book. The final chapter is a short panegyric on Mordecai: he is praised as wise and kind, a man of high importance in imperial affairs as well as beloved by all Jews. T...
Esther 10:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

isles . coasts.
Esther 10:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. Laid a tribute upon the land - On the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of which we have already heard. The...
Esther 10:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, &c.— 1:e. He laid a tax upon every part of his dominions, both on the continent and in the islands over which his power extended. By the isles here men...
Esther 10:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea, х wª'iyeey ( H339 ) hayaam...
Esther 10:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Greatness of Mordecai 1. The isles of the sea] or, 'coast lands,' i.e. the countries bordering on the Mediterranean. The description of the king's dominion serves to enhance the glory of Morde...
Esther 10:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

X. (1) Laid a tribute. — The disastrous expedition to Greece must have taxed the resources of the empire to the utmost, and fresh tribute would therefore be requisite to fill the exhausted coffe...
Esther 10:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Feast of Purim Esther 9:20-32 ; Esther 10:1-3 The Feast of Purim-so called from Esther 3:7 -was held on the 14th and 15th of Adar, our February. The whole of this book was read on the pr...
Esther 10:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the last picture of this man Mordecai. It is a singularly fine one. Whatever may have been questionable in some of the methods he adopted with regard to Esther-and here we are not able t...
Esther 10:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This very short chapter, being unconnected with the history of the church, seems to have been inserted here only to record the advancement of Mordecai, and the happy state of God's people u...
Esther 10:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and upon the isles of the sea. Which include all his dominions, both on the continent, and on the sea, the Aegean sea; though Aben Ezra thinks it...
Esther 10:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea. Ver. 1. And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute, &c. ] An extraordinary tribute to maintain war against the...
Esther 10:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

King Ahasuerus, laid a tribute upon the land That is, he laid a tax upon every part of his dominions, both on the continent, and on the islands over which his power extended. By the isles here ment...
Esther 10:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI This remarkable book closes with the announcement of the greatness of the Persian Empire as ruled over by King Ahasuerus.As with every other kingdom of the...
Esther 10:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Glory of Mordecai. B. C. 495. 1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land,...
Esther 10:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ESTHER CHAPTER 10 Ahasuerus's greatness and Mordecai's advancement. i.e. Upon all his dominions, whether in thee main continent, or in the islands.
Esther 10:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea] Tribute—a levy, tribute-service—means a tax levied, and for this reason that tribute-service bel...
Esther 10:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

isles That is, coasts.
Esther 10:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 10:1 . Laid a tribute upon the land. This was to prepare for his great expedition, as some suppose, against Europe. But the heathen historians, so materially contradicting one another, we c...
Esther 10:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land. A good government A good government-- I. Has a wise system of taxation. II. Makes its power felt. III. Places good men in office....
Esther 10:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONCLUSION .— THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS , AND OF MORDECAI UNDER HIM ( Esther 10:1-17 .). The Book of Esther might have been expected to terminate with the institutio...
Esther 10:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the King Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, a special tax exacted from all parts of his great empire, and upon the isles of the sea, as far as his influence extended.
Esther 10:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 11:18 ; Esther 1:1 ; Esther 8:9 ; Genesis 10:5 ; Isaiah 24:15 ; Luke 2:1 ; Psalms 72:10

Esther 10:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Esther 10:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 10:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 10:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 10:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Esther 10:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 10:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 10:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 10:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 10:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 10:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 10:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 10:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 10:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 10:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 10:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 10:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 10:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 10:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Esther 10:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 10:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 10:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 10:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 10:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge