Ester 6:6-7 NVT

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Esther 6:1-14

In the economy of God vast issues follow apparently trivial things. A sleepless night is in itself transient and almost trivial. Yet it has often been a time of revelation and surprise, affecting the after years. In the case of Ahasuerus it was another of the forces by which God moved to preserve His people. To while away its hours, the records were read to the king, and a deed of Mordecai which had passed from his memory led to hasty and strange happenings, which must have filled the heart of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 6:1-14

Esther 6. Haman is Compelled to Do Public Honour to Mordeeai.— Now comes a dramatic scene. Providence is at work, and the clouds are opening. In the night between Esther’ s two drinking-feasts, the king cannot get sleep ( Esther 6:1). Evidently the story-writer means to point thus to the care of the ever-watchful Yahweh, and His management of all things. The court annalist is brought with his records, to read the royal soul to slumber. Why did this reader choose the record about the... read more

Matthew Poole

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

The king names none, because he would have the more impartial answer. And probably he knew nothing of the difference between Haman and Mordecai. Haman thought in his heart; as indeed he had great reason to presume, because he had not yet forfeited that favour which the king had showed to him above all others. read more

Joseph Exell

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

Chuck Smith

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

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Esther 6:1-14

Esther 6:1 . That night could not the king sleep, the reveries of his mind being excited by guardian angels. See on Psalms 34:7. The LXX read, “But the Lord moved the king that night by dreams.” REFLECTIONS. A new scene of providence is here presented to our view, full of wonders, and full of grace. While Haman was plotting the destruction of Mordecai; while the carpenters were sweating to erect the stage and lofty gallows, God, with perfect ease and sure counsel, was bringing on Haman the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 6:6-11

Esther 6:6-11What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Pride associated with folly1. In Haman honouring Mordecai we have a remarkable verification of the fable of the dog and the shadow. He gaped after the shadow and lost the substance. Folly generally rides after pride. Haman grew more and more insolent and arrogant as he advanced in wealth and power, until he reached the highest point allowed to him by providence. He did not consider that he who does not climb gets... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 6:6

Est 6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? Ver. 6. So Haman came in ] Merry and pleasent, but went out sad and heavy hearted. These hosts (profit, pleasure, and preferment), though they welcome us into our inn with smiling countenances, yet, if we watch them not, they will cut our throats in our beds. It is observed of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 6:7

Est 6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, Ver. 7. And Haman answered the king ] After a short pause, he had his answer ready; but making a bridge of his own shadow, he soon fell into the brook. Ambition rideth without reins, and like those horses, Amo 6:11 runneth upon the rocks, where first she breaks her hoofs, and then her neck. It seemeth, by that which followeth, that Haman aspired to the kingdom: why, else did he ask the crown royal, and the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Esther 6:6

whom the king: etc. Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth, Psalms 35:27, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 62:4, Isaiah 62:5, Jeremiah 32:41, Matthew 3:17, John 5:23 To whom: Esther 3:2, Esther 3:3, Esther 5:11, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 30:13, Obadiah 1:3 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:33 - to ride Esther 1:15 - What shall we do Psalms 94:3 - the wicked Luke 14:9 - and thou Luke 16:3 - said read more