E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 7:8
bed = couch. Will he force . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 7:9
gallows. See note on Esther 5:14 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 7:10
they hanged Hainan. See note on "Benjamite" (Esther 2:5 ). read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Esther 7:1
ESTHER MAKES HER REQUEST; THE KING GRANTED IT; AND THEN SHE IDENTIFIED HAMAN AS HER ENEMY; WHOM THE KING EXECUTEDThis second banquet was the climax of the episode. Esther made her petition for her life and for the life of all her people. She identified Haman as the author of the plot to murder them, and she was rewarded by the king's favorable reception of her plea.ESTHER'S PETITION FOR HER LIFE"So the king and Haman came to the banquet with Esther the queen. And the king said again to Esther... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Esther 7:5
THE KING'S REQUEST FOR THE ADVERSARY'S IDENTITY"Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Esther 7:8
THE KING RETURNED AND ORDERED HAMAN'S EXECUTION"Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch where Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in this house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. Then said Harbonah, one of the king's chamberlains that went before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Esther 7
CHAP. VII. Esther petitions for her own life, and that of her people, whose destruction Haman had designed. The king, enraged, orders him to be hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Before Christ 474. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Esther 7:4
Esther 7:4. But if we had been sold for bond-men, &c.— Would to God we had been sold for bond-men and bond-women! then I would have held my peace: although our enemy is not of so much worth that damage should be brought on the king. Houbigant. Esther means, that Haman was not a man of such consequence as to countervail the infamy which would fall on the king, and the loss which his kingdom would sustain, by the sacrifice of a whole nation to his resentment. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Esther 7:7
Esther 7:7. The king—went into the palace-garden— Partly as disdaining the company of so infamous a person as Haman; partly to cool and allay his spirit, boiling and struggling with a variety of passions; and partly to consider within himself the heinousness of Haman's crime, the mischief which himself had nearly done by his own rashness, and what punishment was fit to be inflicted on so vile a miscreant. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 7:7
life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . THAT THERE WAS EVIL DETERMINED AGAINST HIM. This is the fourth, and last, of the four acrostics exhibiting the name Jehovah in this book. See App-60 . the king. Note the Figure of speech Epanadiplosis , the verse beginning and ending with the same word, marking and emphasizing its importance. read more