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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Esther 1:21-22

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 1:22. According to the language of the people] Obscure. The native tongue of the head of the house to be used in the family.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esther 1:21-22VASHTI IS STRIPPED OF QUEENLY EXTERNALSPopular oratory is very frequently only the art of articulating the wishes and desires of the multitude. Skill is required at once to comprehend, as if by intuition, those desires; to put them in attractive form, and to speak them forth as if they were novel... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Esther 1:1-22

Let us turn to the book of Esther for our study.The book of Esther is not in a chronological order in these books of history. If the book of Esther were placed in a chronological order, it would have to actually come before the book of Nehemiah.Ezra records the first return from the captivity. Some forty years later Esther came on the scene, and some forty years after that Nehemiah came on the scene. So the book of Esther fits about halfway between the rebuilding of the temple (the decree given... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Esther 1:1-22

Esther 1:1 . From India even to Ethiopia. Darius the Mede appointed one hundred and twenty governors. Hence it appears that this Ahasuérus, the Xerxes Longimanus of Herodotus, had enlarged his conquests, and made the Ganges and the Nile his boundaries. Esther 1:2 . Sat on the throne. He seems to have been employed till now in some conquest, which made him the terror both of the Grecian and the eastern world. Consequently this was a grand coronation, or a military fête, which continued... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 1:16-22

Esther 1:16-22And Memucan answered before the king.Hasty counsellorsIf they had been wise, as counsellors ought to be, they would have been in no haste to give judgment in a matter so important as that which was submitted to them. They would have delayed till passion had cooled, and right reason had been restored. But, half-intoxicated they proceeded to give judgment at once, falling in with the humours of royalty, and hastening to do what could not afterwards be recalled. (T.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 1:22

Est 1:22 For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people. Ver. 22. That every man should have rule in his own house ] Aequum sane edictum, modo moderatum, A righteous decree, had it been but rightly made use of, and not abused to tyranny and rough dealing. Aristotle... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Esther 1:22

into every province: Esther 3:12, Esther 8:9, Daniel 3:29, Daniel 4:1 that every man: Both the law of God and common sense taught this from the foundation of the world; and this parade of enactment was only to deprive Vashti of her crown. Ephesians 5:22-Jeremiah :, 1 Timothy 2:12, Titus 2:4, Titus 2:5 it should: etc. Heb. one should publish it according to the language of his country, Esther 3:12 according: Luke 16:8, Acts 2:5-1 Kings :, 1 Corinthians 14:19, 1 Corinthians 14:20 Reciprocal:... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 1:22

22. He sent letters Herodotus (viii, 98) thus describes the Persian system of letter carrying: “There is nothing mortal that proceeds faster than these messengers. They detail and arrange so many men and horses as there are days’ journeys, a horse and a man being appointed for each day’s journey, and neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night prevents them from finishing their allotted race as soon as possible. The first racer delivers his message to the second, and the second to the... read more