Esther 5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.