Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 2:18
A release - Either remission of taxation, or of military service, or of both. read more
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Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 2:19
When the virgins ... - Rather, “when virgins” etc. The words begin a new paragraph. There was a second collection of virgins (after that of Esther 2:8), and it was at the time of this second collection that Mordecai had the good fortune to save the king’s life. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 2:21
Conspiracies inside the palace were ordinary occurrences in Persia. Xerxes was ultimately murdered by Artabanus, the captain of the guard, and Aspamitras, a chamberlain and eunuch. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 2:23
Both hanged on a tree - i. e. “crucified” or “impaled” the ordinary punishment of rebels and traitors in Persia.The book of the chronicles - Ctesias drew his Persian history from them, and they are often glanced at by Herodotus. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 2
A.M. 3486. B.C. 518. The virgins of the kingdom are gathered together, Esther 2:1-4 ; and Esther with the rest, Esther 2:5-8 . She finds favour with the king’s chamberlain, Esther 2:9-11 . The manner of preparing the virgins, and bringing them to the king, Esther 2:12-14 . Esther pleases him, who makes her queen, Esther 2:15-20 . Mordecai discovers a conspiracy against the king, Esther 2:21-23 . read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 2:1
Esther 2:1. He remembered Vashti With grief and shame, that in his wine and rage he had so severely punished, and so irrevocably rejected, so beautiful and desirable a person, and that for so small a provocation, to which she was easily led by the modesty of her sex and by the laws and customs of Persia. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 2:2-3
Esther 2:2-3. 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 house of the women Or rather, of the virgins; for the house of those who were wives or concubines was different from this, and under another governor. Keeper of the women Of all the women, both virgins and concubines: only the virgins he himself took care of, as requiring more care and caution, and the concubines he committed to... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 2:6
Esther 2:6. Who had been carried away from Jerusalem This may refer either to Kish, Mordecai’s grandfather, last mentioned, or to Mordecai himself, which, however, is not probable, as in that case he must have been a very old man, not less than a hundred and forty years of age. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 2:7-8
Esther 2:7-8. And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther Hadassah was her Hebrew name, before her marriage; and she was called Esther by the king after it. Esther was brought also unto the king’s house Or taken, and that by force, as the word תלקח , tillakach, often signifies: for so great was the power and tyranny of the Persian kings, that they could and did take what persons they liked to their own use. read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 2:16
Tebeth (compare the corresponding Egyptian month, “Tobi” or “Tubi”), corresponded nearly to our January.In the seventh year of his reign - In December, 479 B.C., or January, 478 B.C. Xerxes quitted Sardis for Susa in, or soon after, September, 479 B.C. It has been regarded as a “difficulty” that Vashti’s place, declared vacant in 483 B.C., was not supplied until the end of 479 B.C., four years afterward. But since two years out of the four had been occupied by the Grecian expedition, the... read more