Esther 1:11

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To bring Vashti the queen - This command, though contrary to Persian customs, is not out of harmony with the character of Xerxes; and is evidentl...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 1. The Royal Feast. Vashti's Disobedience and Degradation. The opening words in MT (and it came to pass) are in good Heb style, which shows...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

people . peoples.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. To brin...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. N...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Disobedience and Disgrace of Queen Vashti 1. Ahasuerus] LXX has 'Artaxerxes,' but probably 'Xerxes,' the son of Darius Hystaspis, is meant, wh...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To bring Vashti. — It is evident from the way in which the incident is introduced that had Ahasuerus been sober he would not have asked such a thin...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

AHASUERUS AND VASHTI Esther 1:1-22 THE character of Ahasuerus illustrates the Nemesis of absolutism, by showing how unlimited power is crushed...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Vashti's Noble Refusal Esther 1:1-22 The book opens with a royal festival, which lasted for six months, Esther 1:1-9 . Perhaps the princes cam...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The events recorded in the Book of Esther occurred between the completion of the Temple and the mission of Ezra (between Ezra 6:1-22 ; Ezr 7:1-28)....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) В¶ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and C...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To bring Vashti the queen before the king ,.... Not against her will, or by force; but they were sent to let her know it was the king's pleasure tha...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on. Ver....
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FIRST FEAST OF THE KING (vv. 1-4) Ahasuerus was a name given to the chief king of Persia.The Ahasuerus of verse 1 is recorded in history as...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vashti's Refusal to Appear; Vashti Divorced. B. C. 519....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 1:12 . Vashti refused to come] It was regarded as something unheard of if the queen appeared in public unveiled.— Lange...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 1:1 . From India even to Ethiopia. Darius the Mede appointed one hundred and twenty governors. Hence it appears that this Ahasuérus, the Xe...
The Biblical Illustrator

To bring Vashti the queen before the king. Vanity Whatever be the ruling passion of a man, whether it be pride, vanity, or anger, or lust, or i...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DISGRACE OF VASHTI ( Esther 1:10-17 ). On the seventh day of the feast "to all in Shushan" ( Esther 1:5 ), the king havi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

to bring Vashti, the queen, before the king with the crown royal, in full regal apparel, including the high, pointed turban distinctive of her rank,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:3 ; 2 Samuel 14:25 ; Mark 6:21 ; Mark 6:22 ; Proverbs 16:9 ; Proverbs 23:29-33 ; Proverbs 31:30

¹¹ To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was faird to look on.

Related Commentaries of Esther 1:11

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 1:11