And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Ver. 7. And Mordecai told him all that had happened unto him] Not by fate or blind fortune, κατα συγκυριαν (and yet time and chance happeneth to all, Ecclesiastes 9:11, and it was by chance to the wounded man, that the priest and the Levite came down that way, Luk 10:31), but by the providence of God, which hath a hand in ordering the most casual and fortuitous events, to the execution of his righteous counsels; neither is there ever a providence but we shall once see a wonder or a mercy wrapt up in it.
And of the sum of money] See Esther 3:9. Money is the monarch of this present world. Money is to many dearer than their heart blood, yet, to gratify their lusts, they lavish silver out of the bag, and care not to purchase revenge or sensual delights with misery, beggary, discredit, damnation.