Esther 7:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 7:1-6

The king in humour, and Haman out of humour, meet at Esther's table. Now, I. The king urged Esther, a third time, to tell him what her request was, for he longed to know, and repeated his promise that it should be granted, Est. 7:2. If the king had now forgotten that Esther had an errand to him, and had not again asked what it was, she could scarcely have known how to renew it herself; but he was mindful of it, and now was bound with the threefold cord of a promise thrice made to favour her.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 7:3

Then Esther the queen answered and said ,.... Not rolling herself at the king's knees, as Severus F6 Hist. Sacr. l. 2. writes; but rather, as the former Targum, lifting up her eyes to heaven, and perhaps putting up a secret ejaculation for direction and success: if I have found favour in thy sight, O king ; as she certainly had heretofore, and even now: and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition ; not riches, nor honour, nor any place or post at court, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 7:3

Let my life be given me - This was very artfully, as well as very honestly, managed; and was highly calculated to work on the feelings of the king. What! is the life of the queen, whom I most tenderly love, in any kind of danger? read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:1-6

Accused and convicted. I. TARNISHED GILT . Haman would hardly go "merrily" to Esther's second banquet. His heart would be heavy with the day s disappointments, and his ears would be haunted with the gloomy vaticinations of his friends. The glory of the honour which had so inflated him was dimmed. Worldly delights that are ardently anticipated may be robbed of their promise even before they are touched. II. WHETTED CURIOSITY . The king's desire to hear Esther's petition grew... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:1-7

A crisis, a plea, and a deliverance. We have here— 1 . A most serious crisis. "So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen" (verse 1). The culminating point in this great issue is now reached. The lives of the chosen people of God throughout all Persia, in all her provinces, hang on this interview between an arbitrary sovereign, his wife, and his minister. Except the wife shall prevail over the crafty and all-powerful statesman, the race must die by one cruel blow. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:1-10

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:3

Let my life be given me , etc. First of all, I ask at the king's hands my own life, which is threatened ( Esther 4:13 ); secondly, I ask the life of my people, in whose sentence it is that I am involved. Some rhetorical skill is shown in separating the two, so as to make them correspond to the two clauses of the king's address ''What is thy petition?" and "What is thy request?" read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:3

Spare our life! Was ever so unexpected a request presented as this? When the king in his capricious favour offered his consort whatsoever she desired, even to the half of his kingdom, she asked what might have been naturally enough implored from the royal clemency by some wretched malefactor condemned to expiate his crimes by death. Give us, me and my people, our life! How strange a boon to beg! A queen high in favour, at a royal banquet, to ask that her life should be spared, and her... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:3-4

The effectual prayer of a true priestess. From the darker side of human nature and its painful suggestions we are glad to come out to the light and air of its more hopeful aspects. We are able to do this now without presumption or incaution. A brittle thread of hope for the very despondent is still a welcome sight to the eyes of those who look on. The plaintive prayer of the oppressed is touching not least to those who may happen to overhear. And the signs of a deep sorrow sinking almost... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 7:3

Esther 7:3. Then Esther the queen answered and said, &c. Esther, at length, surprises the king with a petition, not for wealth, or honour, or the preferment of some of her friends to some high post, which the king expected, but for the preservation of herself and her countrymen from death and destruction. O king, let my life be given me at my petition It is my humble and only request, that thou wouldst not give me up to the malice of that man that designs to take away my life, and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 7:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 7:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 7:3-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 7:3

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