After these things. Hainan was not made Grand Vizier till five years later. See Esther 3:7.
Ahasuerus. See note on Esther 1:1.
Agagite.. descendant of Amalekite kings (Numbers 24:7; 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Samuel 15:32). Called an Amalekite by Josephus (Antiquities xi. 6, 5).