Esther 6:4 KJV

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 6:4

Haman was come early in the morning, because his malice probably would not suffer him to sleep; and he was impatient till he had executed his desired revenge; and he was resolved to watch for the very first opportunity of speaking to the king, before he was engaged in other matters. Into the outward court of the king’s house; where he waited, because it was dangerous to come into the inner court without special license, Esther 4:11. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Esther 6:4-5

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 6:4.] The question, Who is in the court?] means what officer is now present. The king desires to consult with him as to what distinction would be appropriate to Mordecai. It seems that those desiring to be admitted to the king’s presence bad to wait in the outer court.—Lange. From this question of the king it appears that it was already morning. Esther 6:5.] Haman was waiting in the outer court, till it should be announced that the king was ready to grant audiences. The... 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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 6:4

Est 6:4 And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. Ver. 4. And the king said, Who is in the court ] Josephus saith, that he first asked what time it was, and understanding that it was morning’s light (for so long he had heard his servants read, and till then it was not that Mordecai’s matter was mentioned, Haman being now ready to get a warrant for... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Esther 6:4

Who is in the court: Proverbs 3:27, Proverbs 3:28, Ecclesiastes 9:10 the outward: Esther 4:11, Esther 5:1 to speak: Esther 3:8-1 Kings :, Esther 5:14, Esther 7:9, Job 5:13, Psalms 2:4, Psalms 33:19 Reciprocal: Psalms 36:4 - deviseth read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Esther 6:4

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.Haman — Early in the morning, because his malice would not suffer him to sleep; and he was impatient 'till he had executed his revenge; and was resolved to watch for the very first opportunity of speaking to the king, before he was engaged in other matters.Outward court — Where he waited; because it was... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 6:4

4. Who is in the court The king’s soul, after that sleepless night, was burdened with impatient desire to honour his benefactor. Haman, on the other hand, was equally impatient to see Mordecai hung upon the lofty stake he had erected. The king waits in the early morning for his chief prince to come and advise him how best to honour this loyal Jew, and Haman also is waiting to be called that he may speak unto the king to hang Mordecai Mark the wonderful workings of Providence! read more