Esther 5:6

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Esther 5:1-14

Esther 5:0 1. Now it came to pass on the third day [of the fast] that Esther put on her royal apparel [put off her garb of woe, and put on her queenly robes], and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house [in a magnificent Persian pillared hall]: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house over against the gate of the house. 2. And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Esther 5:6-8

(6) And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. (7) Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; (8) If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king hath... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Esther 5:6

Wine. The Persians did not drink till the end of the feast, (as the Turks are said to do at present. Tavernier) when they fall upon wine without any moderation. ('c6lian, Hist. xii. 1.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:1-8

1-8 Esther having had power with God, and prevailing, like Jacob, had power with men too. He that will lose his life for God, shall save it, or find it in a better life. The king encouraged her. Let us from this be encouraged to pray always to our God, and not to faint. Esther came to a proud, imperious man; but we come to the God of love and grace. She was not called, but we are; the Spirit says, Come, and the Bride says, Come. She had a law against her, we have a promise, many a promise, in... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Esther 5:1-8

Esther's Invitation To The King v. 1. Now, it came to pass on the third day, namely, after her interview with Mordecai, when she charged that a fast be made in her behalf, Esther 4:15-:, that Esther put on her royal apparel, in order the more readily to gain the king's good will, and stood, took her position, remained standing, in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house, before the large door which led to the throne-room, through whose opening the king could see... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Esther 5:1-14

B.—ESTHER IS GRACIOUSLY RECEIVED BY THE KING; BUT HAMAN, HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED BY THE QUEEN, RESOLVES, BECAUSE OF THE REFUSAL OF MORDECAI TO BOW THE KNEE BEFORE HIM, TO HAVE HIM HUNGEsther 5:1-14I. Esther finds favor with the King, and invites both him and Haman two separate times to a banquet prepared by herself. Esther 5:1-81Now [And] it came to pass [was] on the third day that [and] Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Esther 5:1-14

Hatred Breeds Crime Esther 5:1-14 Thus the soul clad in the royal garments of Christ’s righteousness stands in the throne-room with its request. It has already obtained favor, for has it not been accepted in the beloved? The Lord waits that He may be gracious. Delay is not denial, and in the meanwhile there are things to be seen and heard, which fill the soul with rapture. Have you touched the top of the sceptre? Have you claimed unto the half of the Kingdom? Have you invited the King... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Esther 5:1-14

Here we have the story of Esther's venture and its success. Things might have been very different, but the graciousness of the king, notwithstanding Esther's violation of the law of the palace, was undoubtedly due to the disposition of that God in whose hand are the ways of kings, whether they will or no. Her request was at first of the simplest. She invited the king and Haman to a banquet. Haman's overweening pride appears in the account which follows. He gathered his friends, and boasted of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:1-14

Esther 5. Esther Obtains the King’ s Favour and Invites him with Haman to a Banquet. Haman’ s Elation is Dashed by Vexation at Mordecai’ s Refusal to Honour him.— In Esther 5:1 to Esther 8:3 we read how these prayers are answered by blessing after blessing. The girl-queen is filled with purpose, courage, and ability. She enters the audience-hall trembling, but is welcomed by the king LXX gives a fine picture of this, saying that the king kissed his wife tenderly, and restored her when she... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Esther 5:6

At the banquet of wine; either, 1. At the latter end of the feast, when they used to drink wine more freely, whereas in the former part most of their drink was water. Or, 2. At her banquet; which is so called, because it consisted not of meals, which probably the king had plentifully eaten before at his own table, but of fruits and wines; which banquets were very frequent among the Persians. read more

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