Esther 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Which saw the king's face; which had constant freedom of access to the king, and familiar converse with him; which is thus expressed, because the Persian kings were very seldom seen by their subjects. Which sat the first in the kingdom; which were his chief counsellors and officers, and had the precedency from all others.

Esther 1:14

14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)