Esther 1:19; Esther 2:4; Genesis 41:37
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...
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
The Disobedience and Disgrace of Queen Vashti 1. Ahasuerus] LXX has 'Artaxerxes,' but probably 'Xerxes,' the son of Darius Hystaspis, is meant, wh...
AHASUERUS AND VASHTI Esther 1:1-22 THE character of Ahasuerus illustrates the Nemesis of absolutism, by showing how unlimited power is crushed...
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...
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)....
(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...
And the saying pleased the king and the princes ,.... The king, and the other six princes and counsellors, approved of the proposal, and unanimously...
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: Ver. 21. And the saying pleased the king ] Pit...
All the wives shall give to their husbands honour , &c. None will dare to disobey, when they hear that the greatness of the queen could not pres...
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...
Vashti's Refusal to Appear; Vashti Divorced. B. C. 519....
The saying pleased the king and the princes; partly because their own authority and interest was concerned in it; and especially by the singular pr...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 1:22 . According to the language of the people] Obscure. The native tongue of the head of the house to be used in the fa...
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...
And Memucan answered before the king. Hasty counsellors If they had been wise, as counsellors ought to be, they would have been in no haste to...
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...
Vashti's Insubordination and its Punishment
And the saying pleased the king and the princes. And the king did according to the word of Memucan;
21 And the saying pleasede the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: