1 Kings 1:2; Esther 1:10; Esther 1:14; Esther 6:14; Genesis 12:14
Esther Chosen Queen. Ere long Ahasuerus longs for his lost queen's comradeship. He is moved to issue a summons throughout all his territories, comm...
virgins. Hebrew. bethulah. See note on Genesis 24:43 .
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: Let there be fair young virgins sought f...
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: No JFB commentary on these verses....
The Choice of Esther to be Queen. Mordecai's Service 1. He remembered, etc.] LXX has 'he thought no more of Vashti, remembering what,' etc.
the Service of a Foreigner Esther 2:1-23 Esther's Hebrew name meant Myrtle. It could not have been easy for her to retain her sweet simplicity...
In this chapter we have a revelation of customs obtaining in the household of the king. We can read them with thankfulness that wherever the purifyin...
(1) В¶ After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against h...
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him ,.... Fearing that, if Vashti should be restored, vengeance would be taken on them; or howeve...
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: Ver. 2. Then said the king's servants]...
Then said the king's servants Who, for their own interests, were obliged to quiet the king's mind, and procure him another amiable consort. To the...
ESTHER CHOSEN AS QUEEN (vv. 1-18) We read nothing more as to Vashti, whether she was simply banished from the king's court or killed. But it was...
Esther's Advancement; Esther Chosen Queen. B. C. 514....
The king's servants, for their own interests, were obliged to quiet the king's mind, and procure him another amiable consort.
CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 2:2 .] The youths, or male domestics, without regard to age, that served before the king, sought to avert the danger tha...
Esther 2:3 . Gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace. The polygamy we have hitherto seen is small in comparison of the...
And let the king appoint officers The weak and lowly Poor, helpless, feeble, may be the earthward aspect of true religion. Beggars shall be t...
EXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS , AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI 'S PLACE ( Esther 2:1-17 ). Vashti...
The Choice of Virgins for the Position of Queen
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king, the requirements being youth, beauty, an...
2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: