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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Esther 3:1-15

B.—HAMAN ATTAINS TO POWER AND DISTINCTION. HE DETERMINES UPON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWSEsther 3:1-151. Haman’s elevation. His resolve with reference to the Jews. Esther 3:1-71After these things [words] did [the] king Ahasuerus promote [elevated] Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced [make great] him, and set [put] his seat above all the princes that were with him. 2And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed [were bending] and reverenced [bowing themselves... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Esther 3:1-11

Esther THE NET SPREAD Est_3:1 - Est_3:11 . The stage of this passage is filled by three strongly marked and strongly contrasted figures: Mordecai, Haman, and Ahasuerus; a sturdy nonconformist, an arrogant and vindictive minister of state, and a despotic and careless king. These three are the visible persons, but behind them is an unseen and unnamed Presence, the God of Israel, who still protects His exiled people. We note, first, the sturdy nonconformist. ‘The reverence’ which the king had... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Esther 3:1-15

Race Prejudice Breeds Hatred Esther 3:1-15 Josephus says that Agagite means a descendant of Agag, the common name for the kings of the Amalekites, Numbers 24:7 . It is probably that something of the nature of religious homage to Haman was demanded, and this Mordecai could not tolerate for a moment. It would have been as bad as the falling down to worship the golden image of Dura. He, therefore, sturdily refused. What diabolical cruelty was here, to meditate the destruction of a nation to... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Esther 3:1-15

In this section we have a picture of the procedure of government in the court of the king. Haman was promoted to supreme authority, and the portrait of the man is naturally and vividly presented to us-haughty and imperious, proud and cruel. Mordecai's refusal to bow down to him and do him reverence may in all probability be accounted for by the simple fact that he was a Jew, or perhaps it may be that Mordecai was familiar with facts concerning Haman which made it impossible for him to do him... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:5

A STURDY ALIEN‘Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not.’ Esther 3:5 I. A sturdy soul was Mordecai.—He was not going to give a prostration of homage, which he reserved for God alone, to the haughty noble who sprang from the hated race of Amalek. II. What a contrast within and without the palace when the decree was signed!—Within, revelry, the king and Haman sat down to drink. Without, perplexity and alarm, for who could anticipate what the near future might disclose, if the king could sacrifice an... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 3:1-15

Esther 3. Haman, to Avenge a Slight Put on Him by Mordecai, Persuades the King to Order a Massacre of the Jews.— The Grand Vizier Haman, Heb. calls a descendant of that mysterious people, the Amalekites, and even of their king Agag (1 Samuel 15). To suppose that the word “ Agag” really means “ Gog,” and to gather that we have here a sting for the memory of the Scythians, is a rather helpless device. The Heb. writer seems to have wished to avoid saying that Haman was a Macedonian, i.e. a... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Esther 3:1-6

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 3:1. After these things] After the events related in the former chapter. The twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, five years after Esther 2:16, but here somewhat sooner. “The name Haman is probably the same which is found in the classical writers under the form of Omanes, and which in ancient Persian would have been Umana or Umanish, an exact equivalent of the Greek Eumenes. Hammedatha is perhaps the same as Madata or Mahedata (Madates of Q. Curtius), an old Persian... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Esther 3:1-15

Chapter 3And as we get into Chapter 3,After these things the king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. And the king's servants, that were with the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why do you transgress the king's... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Esther 3:1-15

Esther 3:1 . Haman the Agagite. All the kings of Amalek received the name of Agag. This man is thought, by most critics, to have been of the seed- royal of that devoted nation, who bitterly hated the Jews. Others think that Agag was some town in Persia, where he was born. Vide Sulp. Hist. Sacr. lib. 51. Esther 3:2 . Mordecai bowed not, because, as the Jews say, there was a mixture of divine as well as human homage, paid here to the king’s minister. Esther 3:7 . They cast Pur, a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 3:1-6

Esther 3:1-6After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman.The prosperous wicked manMatthew Henry says: “I wonder what the king saw in man that was commendable or meritorious? It is plain that he was not a man of honour or justice, of any true courage or steady conduct, but proud and passionate and revengeful; yet he was promoted and caressed, and there was none as great as he. Princes’ darlings are not always worthies.”I. The wicked man in prosperity. Haman is typical. He is the... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Esther 3:1-15

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Esther 3:1-11

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Esther 3:1-15

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Esther 3:1-15

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 3:1-15

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Esther 3:1-6

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Esther 3:1-15

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Esther 3:1-15

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 3:1-6

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