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Esther 4:2 open_in_new
even. as far as.
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Esther 4:3 open_in_new
commandments word. See note on Esther 1:12.
decree. Imperial decree. Hebrew. dath. See notes on Esther 1:8; Esther 2:8.
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6), to emphasize the greatness and universality of the mourning.
fasting, &c. These were the accompaniments of true repentance.
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Esther 4:4 open_in_new
maids. See note on Esther 2:4.
chamberlains. eunuchs.
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Esther 4:5 open_in_new
commandment. charge. Hebrew. zavah. See Esther 3:2.
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Esther 4:7 open_in_new
the sum of the money. the exact sum of the money. Mordecai knew of this, but how we cannot tell. He evidently did not know that the king had made Harnan. present of it (Esther 3:11).
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Esther 4:11 open_in_new
law. Imperial decree. Hebrew. dath. See note on Esther 1:8.
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Esther 4:13 open_in_new
commanded. Hebrew. 'amar. See note on Esther 1:10.
thyself. thy soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Esther 4:14 open_in_new
enlargement. respite.
who knoweth... ? Note the Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6), for emphasis. Used here of hope and trust in God and His overruling grace.
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Esther 4:16 open_in_new
three days, night or day. The Jerusalem Talmud says "a day and night together make up. nulctke-meron, and that any part of such period is counted as. whole". Compare 1 Samuel 30:12; 1 Samuel 30:13. Jon 1:17. Matthew 12:40.
I perish. See note on Esther 3:13.
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Esther 4:17 open_in_new
went his way. passed over: i.e. over the river Ulai, on which Shushan is built, to the Jewish quarter, to accomplish his part of the compact.