Esther 2:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. ”

Esther 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Tebeth (compare the corresponding Egyptian month, “Tobi” or “Tubi”), corresponded nearly to our January. In the seventh year of his reign - In December, 479 B.C., or January, 478 B.C. Xerxes qu...
Esther 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the (h) month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. (h) Which contained part of December and part of J...
Esther 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther Chosen Queen. Ere long Ahasuerus longs for his lost queen's comradeship. He is moved to issue a summons throughout all his territories, commanding all fair maidens to appear as candidates fo...
Esther 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Tebeth. See App-51. seventh year. The first feast was in the third year. The search probably took one year; the preparation another; oblations another. Other seasons are unnamed.
Esther 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. The tenth month - Tebeth - Answering to part of our Dec...
Esther 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the ki...
Esther 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Choice of Esther to be Queen. Mordecai's Service 1. He remembered, etc.] LXX has 'he thought no more of Vashti, remembering what,' etc.
Esther 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The month Tebeth. — This extended from the new moon in January to that in February; the name occurs only here. The fifth Egyptian month, lasting from December 20 to January 20, was called Tybi. The...
Esther 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Service of a Foreigner Esther 2:1-23 Esther's Hebrew name meant Myrtle. It could not have been easy for her to retain her sweet simplicity amid the corruptions of her time, but her Persian...
Esther 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have a revelation of customs obtaining in the household of the king. We can read them with thankfulness that wherever the purifying forces of revealed religion have operated they h...
Esther 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought al...
Esther 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his house royal ,.... Did not return on the morrow to the house of the women, as those who only became the king's concubines did, Esther 2:14 , but she...
Esther 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. Ver. 16. So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus ]...
Esther 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So Esther was taken into his house-royal She was not sent back unto the second house of the women, as the rest were, but the king kept her in his own house. In the seventh year of his reign How i...
Esther 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ESTHER CHOSEN AS QUEEN (vv. 1-18) We read nothing more as to Vashti, whether she was simply banished from the king's court or killed. But it was four years before the king married a queen to tak...
Esther 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther's Advancement; Esther Chosen Queen. B. C. 514. 1 After these things, when the wra...
Esther 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Into his house royal; and into his bed, as is implied; to which it is not strange if she, though a virtuous person, did in those circumstances yield, considering the infirmity of human nature, and...
Esther 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 2:15 . She required nothing] She made no effort to adorn her person with jewellery or dress to please her own fancy, but left the matter entirely to Hegai, who would be l...
Esther 2:16 - Scofield Reference Notes

tenth month That is, January.
Esther 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 2:3 . Gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace. The polygamy we have hitherto seen is small in comparison of the indulgences of the Babylonian and Persian court. T...
Esther 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

And let the king appoint officers The weak and lowly Poor, helpless, feeble, may be the earthward aspect of true religion. Beggars shall be taken from the dunghill, to set them among princes....
Esther 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS , AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI 'S PLACE ( Esther 2:1-17 ). Vashti having ceased to be queen, Ahasuerus appears to h...
Esther 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther Chosen Queen
Esther 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 8:9 ; Esther 2:1 ; Esther 2:3 ; Ezra 7:8

Esther 2:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Esther 2:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Esther 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 2:16 - Scofield Reference Notes

Esther 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge