Esther 3:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. ”

Esther 3:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mordecai probably refused the required prostration, usual though it was, on religious grounds. Hence, his opposition led on to his confession that he was a Jew Esther 3:4 .
Esther 3:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai (a) bowed not, nor did [him] reverence. (a) The P...
Esther 3:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 3. Haman, to Avenge a Slight Put on Him by Mordecai, Persuades the King to Order a Massacre of the Jews. The Grand Vizier Haman, Heb. calls a descendant of that mysterious people, the Amalek...
Esther 3:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

gate . lofty porch. Hebrew. sha'ar. See note on Esther 2:21 . bowed. Hebrew. kara', Kara' , used of idols ( 1 Kings 19:18 ; 2 Chronicles 29:29 ). Shahah is the word used of bowing to kings...
Esther 3:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. The king's ser...
Esther 3:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence— Josephus tells us, that Haman, taking notice of this singularity in Mordecai, asked him what countryman he was; and, finding him to be a Jew, broke out in...
Esther 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. All the ki...
Esther 3:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Haman's Revengeful Design Against the Jews 1. The Agagite] It has been suggested that the name is an epithet meant to recall the Amalekite Agag hewn in pieces by Samuel ( 1 Samuel 15:33 ), and int...
Esther 3:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bowed not. — Perhaps, rather, did not prostrate himself, for such was the ordinary Eastern practice (see Herod. iii. 86, vii. 7, 34, 136, viii. 118). The objection on Mordecai’s part was evidentl...
Esther 3:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HAMAN Esther 3:1-6 ; Esther 5:9-14 ; Esther 7:5-10 HAMAN is the Judas of Israel. Not that his conduct or his place in history would bring him into comparison with the traitor apostle, for he...
Esther 3:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Race Prejudice Breeds Hatred Esther 3:1-15 Josephus says that Agagite means a descendant of Agag, the common name for the kings of the Amalekites, Numbers 24:7 . It is probably that something...
Esther 3:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this section we have a picture of the procedure of government in the court of the king. Haman was promoted to supreme authority, and the portrait of the man is naturally and vividly presented to u...
Esther 3:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. (3) Then the k...
Esther 3:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king's servants that were in the king's gate ,.... Or court, all his courtiers; for it cannot be thought they were all porters, or such only that bowed and reverenced Haman ; gave him divi...
Esther 3:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the king's servants, that [were] in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence. Ver. 2. And...
Esther 3:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the king had so commanded concerning him To bow the knee, and give reverence to all great persons, was a common respect due to them, and there needed not a particular command from the king requ...
Esther 3:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HAMAN'S ADVANCEMENT AND CONSPIRACY (vv. 1-15) After this (though we are not told how long after) King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, an Agagite, to a position above all the princes (v. 1).Agag had be...
Esther 3:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Haman's Malignant Proposal. B. C. 510. 1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote H...
Esther 3:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The reason of which obstinate refusal was, either, 1. The quality of the person; that he was not only an infamously wicked man, and a heathen, but of that nation which God had obliged the Israelite...
Esther 3:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 3:1 . After these things] After the events related in the former chapter. The twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, five years after Esther 2:16 , but here somewhat so...
Esther 3:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 3:1 . Haman the Agagite. All the kings of Amalek received the name of Agag. This man is thought, by most critics, to have been of the seed- royal of that devoted nation, who bitterly hated...
Esther 3:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman. The prosperous wicked man Matthew Henry says : “I wonder what the king saw in man that was commendable or meritorious? It is plain that he...
Esther 3:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION MORDECAI , BY WANT OF RESPECT , OFFENDS HAMAN , AHASUERUS ' CHIEF MINISTER . HAMAN , IN REVENGE , RESOLVES TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE NATION OF THE JEWS...
Esther 3:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Haman Plans Revenge Against Mordecai
Esther 3:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:3 ; Deuteronomy 25:19 ; Esther 2:19 ; Esther 2:21 ; Esther 3:1 ; Esther 3:5 ; Exodus 17:14 ; Exodus 17:16 ; Genesis 41:43 ; Philippians 2:10 ; Psalms 15:4
Esther 3:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But, &c. — Probably the worship required was not only civil, but Divine: which as the kings of Persia arrogated to themselves, so they did sometimes impart this honour to some of their chief fa...

Esther 3:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Esther 3:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Esther 3:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 3:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 3:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 3:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Esther 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 3:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 3:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 3:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 3:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 3:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 3:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 3:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 3:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 3:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 3:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 3:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 3:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 3:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 3:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 3:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 3:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 3:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 3:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 3:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes