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Esther 5:1 open_in_new
the third day. The beginning of. new life for Israel. See App-10.
inner court. All houses had courts;. palace had several.
over against. right opposite.
upon his royal throne. To transact business.
gate. porch, or entrance. Hebrew. pethah.
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Esther 5:2 open_in_new
obtained. won. Compare Esther 4:11.
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Esther 5:3 open_in_new
kingdom. Put by Figure of speech Metonomy (of Adjunct), for. year's revenue. Compare Mark 6:23.
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Esther 5:4 open_in_new
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.
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Esther 5:6 open_in_new
What is thy petition? He must have seen that there was something behind the mere banquet.
Petition. question.
request. wish.
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Esther 5:8 open_in_new
do to morrow. She still keeps back her petition, showing the king that he had rightly divined that there was something important behind it.
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Esther 5:9 open_in_new
stood not up. Notwithstanding the crisis reached; and well knowing the cause of it.
moved. stirred. Only here, and Ecclesiastes 12:3.
Zeresh his wife. By Gematria = 507 (13-. 3). See note on Esther 9:10, also App-10.
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Esther 5:11 open_in_new
told. recounted.
children. sons. He had ten sons. See Esther 9:10.
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Esther 5:13 open_in_new
THIS AVAILETH ME NOTHING. This is the third of the five Acrostics of this book, exhibiting the Divine names (App-4.) to the eye. See App-60.
Mordecai. The enmity was not merely personal, but religious; which is the worst form enmity can take.
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Esther 5:14 open_in_new
gallows. tree: i.e.. stake to which. criminal was fastened till he died. The same word for cross. Compare Esther 2:23; Esther 7:9. and see Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39; Acts 13:29; 1 Peter 2:24.
to morrow. There was no delay; but, quick as the action was, it was none too soon for its real usefulness.