Esther 7:10,Esther 7:9

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Esther 7:9-10

(9) And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. (10) So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. It is not the smallest evidence of the general worthlessness of Haman's character, that this Harbonah was so ready to suggest to the king... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Esther 7:10

REFLECTIONS READER! do not let the history of this wretched man Haman pass away from thy mind, without leaving the suitable reflections the review of such an awful character ought to occasion. What our blessed Lord said of some in his days seems applicable to some in all the days of the Church; Ye are (said Jesus to them) of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do; he was a murderer from the beginning. And what a resemblance doth the character of Haman bear to such a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Esther 7:7-10

7-10 The king was angry: those that do things with self-will, reflect upon them afterward with self-reproach. When angry, we should pause before we come to any resolution, and thus rule our own spirits, and show that we are governed by reason. Those that are most haughty and insolent when in power and prosperity, commonly, like Haman, are the most abject and poor-spirited when brought down. The day is coming when those that hate and persecute God's chosen ones, would gladly be beholden to them.... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Esther 7:7-10

Haman Hanged on his own Gallows v. 7. And the king, arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath, went into the palace garden, for he was so filled with agitation that he must needs take a turn in the royal park. And Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther, the queen, for he realized that this was his one chance of salvation; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king, that sentence upon him had virtually been pronounced. v. 8. Then the king returned... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Esther 7:1-10

B.—ON THE VERY GALLOWS CAUSED TO BE ERECTED FOR MORDECAI, HAMAN, ACCUSED BY ESTHER, IS HIMSELF HUNGEsther 7:1-10I. Esther pleads for her People, and accuses Haman. Esther 7:1-61So [And] the king and Haman came to banquet [drink] with Esther the queen.2And the king said again [also] unto Esther, on the second day, at the banquet [feast] of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? [ask,] and it shall be granted [given to] thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Esther 7:1-10

Craft Overreaches Itself Esther 7:1-10 Esther had prayed, as we have seen, Esther 4:16 , but she acted also. She took such measures as were possible, to gain the king’s favor, to awaken his curiosity, and to appeal for his help. All the money that Haman could pour into the royal treasury could not compensate for the loss of an entire people. In his anguish of soul, Haman adopted an attitude of entreaty which seemed to the king a gross impertinence, and this sealed his fate. His face was... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Esther 7:1-10

Events now moved rapidly forward. By the way of the banquet Haman passed to the gallows. It was a fierce and terrible judgment, and yet characterized by poetic justice. The man who for no reason other than his pride had prepared the gallows for Mordecai found himself suddenly stripped of all authority and ending his career by the very instrument his brutality had prepared for another. The very core of Haman's hatred for Mordecai was his own self-centered and self-consuming pride and ambition.... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:10

THE BITER BIT‘So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.’ Esther 7:10 I. Though Haman was punished, the royal decree still stood; and when the day came, the Jews would still be massacred. Esther had been signally successful so far; but her work for her nation was not accomplished yet. Emboldened by her victory, she approached her lord again, urging him to countermand the sad decree. But what could be done? Xerxes himself was powerless. The word of a Persian king... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 7:1-10

Esther 7. Esther Accuses Haman, and he is Hanged on the Gibbet he had Prepared for Mordecai.— On the same day, at her second drinking-feast, Esther suddenly bursts out in impassioned denunciation of Haman ( Esther 7:6), and in cries for help from his murderous intent against her and ail she loves. A passage here ( Esther 7:3 f.) has fretted students, but it is simple when simply translated. “ We are sold,” cries Esther, “ I and my race, to death and utter ruin! Would that it had been for... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Esther 7:10

The gallows that he had prepared; which stood in his own house, as was now said, and made the punishment more grievous and ignominious. Then was the king’s wrath pacified; judgment being now most justly executed upon this abominable criminal. read more