Esther 6:6

Whom the king delighteth ... — Literally, in whose honour the hing delighteth.

Related Commentaries of Esther 6:6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 6. Haman is Compelled to Do Public Honour to Mordeeai. Now comes a dramatic scene. Providence is at work, and the clouds are opening. In the...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

came in. See note on Esther 6:5 . thought . said.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mordecai is Honoured An account of how the king being reminded of Mordecai's services, and wishing to reward him, consulted Haman, and how Haman,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Gratitude for a Forgotten Service Esther 6:1-14 There was a divine providence in this royal sleeplessness. On the very next night Haman would b...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the economy of God vast issues follow apparently trivial things. A sleepless night is in itself transient and almost trivial. Yet it has often bee...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So Haman came in ,.... But was prevented speaking to the king about the business he came upon by the following speech of the king: what shall be d...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king said, Let him come in The king thought him the fittest man he had to be made use of, both in directing and in dispensing his favour, knowi...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The same night that Haman had had a gallows made on which to hang Mordecai, the Lord intervened in a most amazing way, causing the king to be unable...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Honour Conferred on Mordecai. B. C. 510....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The king names none, because he would have the more impartial answer. And probably he knew nothing of the difference between Haman and Mordecai. Ham...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 6:6 .] When the king had asked the question, Haman thought within himself, To whom would the king delight to do honour...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 6:1 . That night could not the king sleep, the reveries of his mind being excited by guardian angels. See on Psalms 34:7 . The LXX read, “...
The Biblical Illustrator

What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Pride associated with folly 1. In Haman honouring Mordecai we have a remark...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AHASUERUS , BEING WAKEFUL DURING THE NIGHT , HAS THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES READ TO HIM , AND FINDS T...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The King Asks Haman's Advice
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? This was done in accordance with the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 3:2 ; Esther 3:3 ; Esther 5:11 ; Isaiah 42:1 ; Isaiah 62:4 ; Isaiah 62:5 ; Jeremiah 32:41 ; John 5:23 ; Matthew 3:17 ; Obadiah 1:3 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Man — He names none, because he would have the more impartial answer. And probably knew nothing of the difference between Haman and Mordecai. Thoug...

⁶ So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the kingb delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

Related Commentaries of Esther 6:6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Esther 6:6