Esther 7:8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 7:8

bed = couch. Will he force . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. read more

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 7:8

Esther 7:8. Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was— It was a custom among the Persians, as well as other nations, to sit, or rather lie, upon beds when they ate or drank; and therefore, when Haman fell down as a suppliant at the feet of Esther, and, as the manner was among the Greeks and Romans, and not improbably among the Persians, embraced her knees, the king might pretend that he was offering violence to the queen's chastity; not that he believed that this was his intention; but... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Esther 7:8

8. Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was—We do not know the precise form of the couches on which the Persians reclined at table. But it is probable that they were not very different from those used by the Greeks and Romans. Haman, perhaps, at first stood up to beg pardon of Esther; but driven in his extremity to resort to an attitude of the most earnest supplication, he fell prostrate on the couch where the queen was recumbent. The king returning that instant was fired at what seemed... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Esther 7:1-10

3. Haman’s fall ch. 7The plot of the story reaches a climax in this chapter "in which Haman comes to the end of his rope." [Note: Wiersbe, p. 737.] . The fate of Haman reversed when Esther identified him as the person responsible for the plan to destroy her and her people. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Esther 7:7-10

Ahasuerus’ decision 7:7-10The fact that his enemy sat in his presence at that very moment evidently made the king pause before issuing his obvious verdict. He wanted to think about it and walked out into his garden to do so. Upon returning, what he saw confirmed his decision. Haman found himself trapped between an angry king and an offended queen. Ironically, this enemy of the Jews ended up pleading for his life with a Jewess! [Note: Breneman, p. 350.] Haman fell at Esther’s feet to beg as she... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 7:1-10

The Execution of Haman4. We are sold] an allusion to Haman’s tender of 10,000 talents (Esther 3:9). Although the enemy, etc.] The rendering is uncertain; RV ’although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage’ (which would have resulted from the loss of so many of his subjects); RM ’for our affliction is not to be compared with the king’s damage’ (or ’annoyance’ occasioned by Esther’s complaint). Perhaps, ’although no enemy is comparable (to Haman) in doing damage to the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Esther 7:8

(8) The bed—i.e., the couch on which she had been reclining at the banquet. This was the customary posture at meals, not only of the Persians, but also of the Greeks and Romans, and of the later Jews. The Last Supper was thus eaten. Haman had obviously thrown himself at the queen’s feet to ask for mercy. The king on his return was evidently full of wrath against Haman, and though he was for the time God’s instrument in averting Haman’s wicked design, his own base and worthless character is none... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Esther 7:5-10

HAMANEsther 3:1-6; Esther 5:9-14; Esther 7:5-10HAMAN is the Judas of Israel. Not that his conduct or his place in history would bring him into comparison with the traitor apostle, for he was an open foe and a foreigner. But he is treated by popular Judaism as the Arch-Enemy, just as Judas is treated by popular Christianity. Like Judas, he has assigned to him a solitary pre-eminence in wickedness, which is almost inhuman. As in the case of Judas, there is thought to be no call for charity or... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Esther 7:1-10

THE SECOND BANQUET AND HAMAN’S MISERABLE END CHAPTER 7 1. The second banquet and Esther’s petition (Esther 7:1-4 ) 2. Haman’s exposure (Esther 7:5-6 ) 3. Haman’s miserable end (Esther 7:7-10 ) Esther 7:1-4 . Esther at this second feast knew that the God of her fathers was at work and that all the hatred against her race came not from the heart of the king, but centered in Haman. In the events of the sleepless night and what followed she must have seen the display of the hand of God. And... read more

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