Esther 10:1

And the King Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, a special tax exacted from all parts of his great empire, and upon the isles of the sea, as far as his influence extended.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A tribute - Perhaps an allusion to some fresh arrangement of the tribute likely to have followed on the return of Xerxes from Greece. Upon the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 10. Conclusion of the Book. The final chapter is a short panegyric on Mordecai: he is praised as wise and kind, a man of high importance in...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

isles . coasts.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. Laid a tribute upon the land - On the one hundred and twenty-se...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, &c.— 1:e. He laid a tax upon every part of his dominions, both on the continent and in the islands over...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isle...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Greatness of Mordecai 1. The isles of the sea] or, 'coast lands,' i.e. the countries bordering on the Mediterranean. The description of the ki...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

X. (1) Laid a tribute. — The disastrous expedition to Greece must have taxed the resources of the empire to the utmost, and fresh tribute would...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Feast of Purim Esther 9:20-32 ; Esther 10:1-3 The Feast of Purim-so called from Esther 3:7 -was held on the 14th and 15th of Adar, our F...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the last picture of this man Mordecai. It is a singularly fine one. Whatever may have been questionable in some of the methods he adopte...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This very short chapter, being unconnected with the history of the church, seems to have been inserted here only to record the advancement...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. (2) And all the acts of his power and of his might, and th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and upon the isles of the sea. Which include all his dominions, both on the continent, and on th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea. Ver. 1. And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute, &c. ] An...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

King Ahasuerus, laid a tribute upon the land That is, he laid a tax upon every part of his dominions, both on the continent, and on the islands ove...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS AND MORDECAI This remarkable book closes with the announcement of the greatness of the Persian Empire as ruled over by...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Glory of Mordecai. B. C. 495. 1 An...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ESTHER CHAPTER 10 Ahasuerus's greatness and Mordecai's advancement. i.e. Upon all his dominions, whether in thee main continent, or in the islands....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea] Tribute—a levy, tribute-service—means a tax le...
Scofield Reference Notes

isles That is, coasts.
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 10:1 . Laid a tribute upon the land. This was to prepare for his great expedition, as some suppose, against Europe. But the heathen histori...
The Biblical Illustrator

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land. A good government A good government-- I. Has a wise system of taxation. II. Makes it...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONCLUSION .— THE GREATNESS OF AHASUERUS , AND OF MORDECAI UNDER HIM ( Esther 10:1-17 .). The Book of Esther might h...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 11:18 ; Esther 1:1 ; Esther 8:9 ; Genesis 10:5 ; Isaiah 24:15 ; Luke 2:1 ; Psalms 72:10

¹ And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Related Commentaries of Esther 10:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 10:1