以斯帖記 6:1-3 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 6:1-3

Now Satan put it into the heart of Haman to contrive Mordecai's death we read in the foregoing chapter; how God put it into the heart of the king to contrive Mordecai's honour we are here told. Now, if the king's word will prevail above Haman's (for, though Haman be a great man, the king in the throne must be above him), much more will the counsel of God stand, whatever devices there are in men's hearts. It is to no purpose therefore for Haman to oppose it, when both God and the king will have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 6:1

On that night could not the king sleep ,.... The night after he had been at Esther's banquet, which it might be thought would rather have caused sleep; and therefore Jarchi calls it a miracle; and no doubt it was owing to the overruling providence of God, and not to anxious thoughts about his neglect of Esther so long, nor what should be her request to him, nor jealousy of any amorous intrigue with Haman, nor of any conspiracy of theirs against his life: and he commanded to bring the book... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 6:2

And it was found written ,.... Upon reading, and in which there was also a peculiar hand of Providence, directing to the reading of that part of them in which the affair of Mordecai was registered: and if what the latter Targum says is true, it was the more remarkable, that when Shimshai the scribe, who was ordered to bring the book and read, and who, according to the former Targum, was Haman's son, seeing what was recorded of Mordecai, turned over the leaves of the book, being unwilling to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 6:3

And the king said, what honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this ?.... He judged it an action worthy of regard, and what ought to be rewarded, as it was the saving of his life; but had forgot whether any royal favour had been shown to the person for it: then said the king's servants that ministered unto him ; the lords of his bedchamber then in waiting: there is nothing done for him ; not on that account, nothing more than what he had; he had an office at court before,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 6:1

On that night could not the king sleep - The Targum says the king had a dream, which was as follows: - "And the king saw one in the similitude of a man who spoke these words to him: Haman desireth to slay thee, and to make himself king in thy stead. Behold, he will come unto thee early in the morning, to ask from thee the man who rescued thee from death, that he may slay him: but say thou unto Haman, What shall be done for the man whose honor the king studieth? And thou wilt... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 6:3

What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai - It is certain he found nothing in the record; and had any thing been done, that was the most likely place to find it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1

The book of records of the chronicles . Compare Esther 2:23 , where the title is given more briefly, as "the book of the chronicles." See also Esther 10:2 . The character of the book has been already explained (see comment on Esther 2:23 ). They were read. Either because the king could not read himself, or because the sound of a man's voice might (it was thought) induce drowsiness. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1

A wakeful and eventful night. There is something dramatic in this remarkable story. The movement is so regular and orderly, the plot unfolds itself so effectively, the crisis is reached so opportunely, that the story might be taken for a consummate work of art. In reality it is a work in which nature, or rather Providence, is signally conspicuous. This verse introduces the second part of the narrative. Hitherto Mordecai has been depressed, and Haman has been exalted. But the tide has now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1

The sleepless. We are not surprised to read that "on that night could not the king sleep." Not, indeed, that there was anything in Ahasuerus (Xerxes) to make us expect a restless night; he appears to us here, as elsewhere, as a painful illustration of human heartlessness. That many thousands of his subjects were about to be butchered in order that his coffers might be filled should have caused the monarch many a troubled day and many a sleepless night; but such was the character of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1

A sleepless monarch and a wakeful Providence. The place of this verse fully vindicated by its contents. When its position is observed in the original it is found to be very nearly the bisection of the book. Certainly it is the critical point, the hinge on which the deep moral and religious interest of the history turns. There is a sense in which it might seem that up to this point the reader has but groped his way. He has asked for a little more distinctly religious light and speech. He... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 6:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 6:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 6:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 6:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 6:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 6:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1

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