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

“ Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: ”

Esther 2:2 - 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 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

virgins. Hebrew. bethulah. See note on Genesis 24:43 .
Esther 2:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king - This was the usual way in which the...
Esther 2:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Esther 2:2 - 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 2:2 - 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 2:2 - 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 2:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. (2) Then said the king's servants that ministe...
Esther 2:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him ,.... Fearing that, if Vashti should be restored, vengeance would be taken on them; or however to remove the grief and melancholy of the king,...
Esther 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: Ver. 2. Then said the king's servants] His friends, saith Josephus, to whom he had opene...
Esther 2:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said the king's servants Who, for their own interests, were obliged to quiet the king's mind, and procure him another amiable consort. To the house of the women Or rather, of the virgins; fo...
Esther 2:2 - 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 2:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

The king's servants, for their own interests, were obliged to quiet the king's mind, and procure him another amiable consort.
Esther 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 2:2 .] The youths, or male domestics, without regard to age, that served before the king, sought to avert the danger that threatened. They advised that maidens, virgins,...
Esther 2:2 - 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 2:2 - 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 2:2 - 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 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Choice of Virgins for the Position of Queen
Esther 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:2 ; Esther 1:10 ; Esther 1:14 ; Esther 6:14 ; Genesis 12:14

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

Esther 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

Esther 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Esther 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Esther 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Esther 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 2:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Esther 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge