Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Esther 6:1-14
Chapter 6Now that night king Ahasuerus couldn't go to sleep ( Esther 6:1 ),He's lying there restless. No doubt God was in the restlessness. And so he said,bring to me the chronicles [the history]; read to me ( Esther 6:1 ).What's more boring than history? "Read to me the history books." Probably figured he'd go to sleep while they were reading. And as they were reading the history, the records, he came to the place where Mordecai had warned him of the assassination plot. And he said, "What was... read more
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Esther 6:6-11
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 more than to myself?] Going beyond me, more than myself.—Lange. Esther 6:7.] Haman was quickly prepared to give answer, and without any difficulty called up one distinction or honour after another. Esther 6:8-9.] The royal garment is one which the king has already worn. Hence not an ordinary state-robe, the so-called Median apparel which the king himself,... read more