Esther 5:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. ”

Esther 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Esther seems to have been afraid to make her real request of Xerxes too abruptly. She concluded that the king would understand that she had a real petition in the background, and would recur to it,...
Esther 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 5. Esther Obtains the King's Favour and Invites him with Haman to a Banquet. Haman's Elation is Dashed by Vexation at Mordecai's Refusal to Honour him. In Esther 5:1 to Esther 8:3 we r...
Esther 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

LET THE KING AND HAMAN COME THIS DAY. This is the second of the five Acrostics (App-6) of the Divine name (App-4.) in this book. See App-60. The second pivot on which the history turns.
Esther 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. Let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet - It wa...
Esther 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. Let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet t...
Esther 5:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther's Petition to the King An account of how Esther, being favourably received by the king, invited him, together with Haman, to a banquet whereat she promised to make known her petition, and h...
Esther 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet. — It was natural enough that, with so much depending on her request, the queen should show some hesitation: if anything took an untoward turn...
Esther 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hatred Breeds Crime Esther 5:1-14 Thus the soul clad in the royal garments of Christ's righteousness stands in the throne-room with its request. It has already obtained favor, for has it not be...
Esther 5:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the story of Esther's venture and its success. Things might have been very different, but the graciousness of the king, notwithstanding Esther's violation of the law of the palace, was u...
Esther 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. (5) Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he...
Esther 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Esther answered, if it seem good unto the king ,.... She humbly submits it to his pleasure, suggesting it would be exceeding grateful to her, could it be granted: let the king and Haman come t...
Esther 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Esther answered, If [it seem] good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. Ver. 4. And Esther answered ] She did not presently pour f...
Esther 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet She thought it prudent not to open her mind to him immediately, but first to try how he stood affected to her, and endeavour to endear herself...
Esther 5:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ESTHER'S BANQUET (vv. 1-8) After the three days of fasting, Esther's courage enabled her to enter the inner court of the king's palace, clothed in her royal robes. The king was sitting on his th...
Esther 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther's Approach to the King. B. C. 510. 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that E...
Esther 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

She invited Haman ; partly that by showing such respect to the king's great favourite she might insinuate herself into the king's good opinion and affection; and partly that, if she saw fit, she mig...
Esther 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 5:3 . What wilt thou, queen Esther?] Rather, what ails thee? According to Herodotus (ix. 109), Xerxes, when pleased with one of his wives, offered to grant her any reques...
Esther 5:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 5:1 . On the third day, of the fast: Esther 4:16 . Esther 5:3 . To the half of the kingdom. This was a word of grace after the manner of kings. So Herod said to Herodias when she had p...
Esther 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel There is nothing stationary “Now it came to pass. ” These words call for special notice in a book which strikingly i...
Esther 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AHASUERUS RECEIVING ESTHER FAVOURABLY , SHE INVITES HIM AND HAMAN TO A BANQUET . ALLOWED TO ASK WHATEVER BOON SHE LIKES , SHE INVITES THEM BOTH...
Esther 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther's Invitation To The King
Esther 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 14:20 ; Esther 3:15 ; Esther 5:8 ; Genesis 27:25 ; Genesis 32:20 ; Proverbs 29:11 ; Psalms 112:5
Esther 5:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Haman — Whom she invited, that by shewing such respect to the king's great favourite, she might insinuate herself the more into the king's affection; and, that if she saw fit, she might then presen...

Esther 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Esther 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 5:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 5:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 5:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 5:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 5:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes