Esther 5:8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 5:1-8

Here is, I. Esther's bold approach to the king, Est. 5:1. When the time appointed for their fast was finished she lost no time, but on the third day, when the impression of her devotions were fresh upon her spirit, she addressed the king. When the heart is enlarged in communion with God it will be emboldened in doing and suffering for him. Some think that the three days? fast was only one whole day and two whole nights, in all which time they did not take any food at all, and that this is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:8

If I have found favour in the sight of the king ,.... Or, seeing she had; for it was a clear case she had, both by his holding out the golden sceptre to her, and by accepting her invitation to her banquet: and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request ; as he had been so gracious as to promise in such a large and liberal manner as before expressed: let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them ; the Targum says, in the evening;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:8

I will do to-morrow - She saw she was gaining on the king's affections; but she was not yet sufficiently confident; and therefore wished another interview, that she might ingratiate herself more fully in the king's favor, and thus secure the success of her design. But Providence disposed of things thus, to give time for the important event mentioned in the succeeding chapter. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 5:1-8

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 5:1-8

Human and Divine sovereignty. Prayer. These verses suggest thoughts on the sovereignty of man and of God, the suggestion being almost entirely one of contrast rather than comparison. I. THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN MONARCH AND THAT OF THE DIVINE . "The king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house" ( Esther 5:1 ). The words are suggestive of the exceeding pomp and state with which Persian majesty surrounded itself, of the power it wielded, of the obsequious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 5:4-14

Prudence versus Guile. I. EVERYTHING HAS ITS SEASON . Why did not Esther at once lay open her heart to the king? Was she confused by his unexpected kindness, or seized with timidity at the moment of peril? Most likely she was prompted by an intuitive feeling that the time was not fit. She might lose everything by precipitancy. It is wise to study occasion or opportunity. Many failures have resulted solely from want of attention to time and place ( Ecclesiastes 3:1 ). II. ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 5:8

Esther 5:8. I will do to-morrow as the king hath said I will acquaint thee with my humble request. She did not present her petition at this time, but delayed it till the next meeting; either, because she was a little daunted with the king’s presence, and had not yet courage to propose it; or, because she would further engage the king’s affection to her, by a second entertainment, and would also intimate to him, that her petition was of a more than ordinary nature: but principally by... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Esther 5:1-14

Haman’s humiliation and defeat (5:1-7:10)After three days Esther approached the king and invited him and Haman to dinner (5:1-4). She was so pleased with their friendly response that she decided to invite them again the next day, in the hope that they would be even more favourable to her (5-8). Haman thought that the honour given him by the queen showed that she, as well as the king, was pleased with him and agreed with his anti-Jewish policy. He decided to take the opportunity of this royal... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 5:8

do to morrow. She still keeps back her petition, showing the king that he had rightly divined that there was something important behind it. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Esther 5:8

Esther 5:8. Let the king and Haman come to the banquet, &c.— Esther's intention, in desiring to entertain the king twice at her banquet before she made known her petition, was, that thereby she might the more endear herself to him, and the better dispose him to grant her request; for which reason she thought it a piece of no bad policy to invite his first favourite to come with him. But in the whole matter the singular providence of God is not a little conspicuous; which so disposed her... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 5:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 5:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 5:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 5:4-14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 5:8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Esther 5:1-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 5:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Esther 5:8

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