Esther 2:2

virgins. Hebrew. bethulah. See note on Genesis 24:43.

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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, comm...
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 f...
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....
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.
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...
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 purifyin...
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 h...
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 howeve...
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]...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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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.
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 tha...
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...
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 t...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Choice of Virgins for the Position of Queen
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king, the requirements being youth, beauty, an...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

² Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

Related Commentaries of Esther 2:2

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

Esther 2:2