Esther 6:8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The honors here proposed by Haman were such as Persian monarchs rarely allowed to subjects. Each act would have been a capital offence if done with...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the (c) horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 6. Haman is Compelled to Do Public Honour to Mordeeai. Now comes a dramatic scene. Providence is at work, and the clouds are opening. In the...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: Esther 6:8 ; Esther 6:9 , to emphasize the eagerness with which Haman enumerated...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his h...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let the royal apparel be brought, &c.— To form a notion of that height of pride and arrogance at which Haman (who thought that all the honours...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mordecai is Honoured An account of how the king being reminded of Mordecai's services, and wishing to reward him, consulted Haman, and how Haman,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The royal apparel.. useth to wear ] Not apparel similar to that which was worn by the king, but apparel which the king had actually used, just a...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let the royal apparel be brought ... — These exceedingly great distinctions Haman suggests, thinking with unaccountable vanity (for nothing is said...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Gratitude for a Forgotten Service Esther 6:1-14 There was a divine providence in this royal sleeplessness. On the very next night Haman would b...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the economy of God vast issues follow apparently trivial things. A sleepless night is in itself transient and almost trivial. Yet it has often bee...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear ,.... Not a whole suit of clothes, but a single garment; the purple robe, as both the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his h...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Haman answered, Let the royal apparel , &c. Concluding he himself was the favourite intended, he prescribes the highest instances of honour that...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The same night that Haman had had a gallows made on which to hang Mordecai, the Lord intervened in a most amazing way, causing the king to be unable...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Honour Conferred on Mordecai. B. C. 510....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The royal apparel; his outward garment, which was made of purple, interwoven with gold, as Justin and Curtius relate. The horse that the king ridet...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 6:6 .] When the king had asked the question, Haman thought within himself, To whom would the king delight to do honour...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 6:1 . That night could not the king sleep, the reveries of his mind being excited by guardian angels. See on Psalms 34:7 . The LXX read, “...
The Biblical Illustrator

What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Pride associated with folly 1. In Haman honouring Mordecai we have a remark...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AHASUERUS , BEING WAKEFUL DURING THE NIGHT , HAS THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES READ TO HIM , AND FINDS T...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The King Asks Haman's Advice
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, a dress which he had actually worn, the wearing of which by any other person was the v...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Royal apparel — His outward garment, which was made of purple, interwoven with gold, as Justin and Cartius relate.

⁸ Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

Related Commentaries of Esther 6:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Esther 6:8