Esther 6:8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 6:4-11

It is now morning, and people begin to stir. I. Haman is so impatient to get Mordecai hanged that he comes early to court, to be ready at the king's levee, before any other business is brought before him, to get a warrant for his execution (Est. 6:4), which he makes sure that he shall have at the first word. The king would gratify him in a greater thing than that; and he could tell the king that he was so confident of the justice of his request, and the king's favour to him in it, that he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 6:8

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear ,.... Not a whole suit of clothes, but a single garment; the purple robe, as both the Targums, such as kings wore; that which Cyrus appeared in public in was half purple, and half white, and no other person besides might wear such an one F16 Xenophon Cyropaedia, l. 8. c. 23. ; it was a capital crime with the Persians to wear any of the king's apparel; Trebazus, an intimate of Artaxerxes, having begged an old gown of him, it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 6:8

Let the royal apparel be brought - Pride and folly ever go hand in hand. What he asked would have been in any ordinary case against his own life: but he wished to reach the pinnacle of honor: never reflecting that the higher he rose, the more terrible would be his fall. The royal apparel was never worn but by the king: even when the king had lain them aside, it was death to put them on. The Targum has purple robes. And the horse - and the crown royal - Interpreters... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:1-14

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:2-14

The honour that cometh from man. Unable to sleep, the king calls for something to beguile the weary hours; he has the chronicles of his reign read to him; he is struck with the fact of his own life having been saved by Mordecai, inquires what has been the reward given to this dutiful subject, discovers that nothing whatever has been done for him, and calls for Haman to ask his counsel. Haman is at hand, full of his murderous design against Mordecai. We picture to ourselves his impatience... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:4-14

Exaltation and humiliation. I. HASTE . Having seen the gallows prepared for Mordecai over-night, Haman was early astir next morning. He was in the court of the palace while the king was yet having the chronicles read to him, resolved to seize the first moment to get permission to hang the Jew. His plan of revenge was to be executed and done with long before the hour of the queen's banquet ( Proverbs 1:16 ). "The children of this world are wiser," because more diligent, "in their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:6-9

Whom the king delighteth to honour. It does not seem that Ahasuerus had any intention at this time to humiliate Haman. His whole mind was set upon restitution and compensation to Mordecai, whom he had so long neglected. As he had no knowledge of his favourite's dislike to the Jew, his only motive in requiring Haman to lead Mordecai through the city was to show his gratitude to his humble friend and benefactor. The honour which Mordecai received was indeed, in its circumstances, very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 6:8

Let the royal apparel be brought . To wear a dress previously worn by the king was, under ordinary circumstances, a breach of Persian law (Plut; 'Vit. Artax.,' 5); but the king might allow it (Herod; 7.17) or condone it (Plut; 1. s.c.). The horse that the king rideth upon . Rather, "a horse that the king hath ridden." And the crown royal which is set upon his head . Rather, "and that hath a crown royal set on his head." Some peculiar ornament by which the royal steed was made conspicuous... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 6:8

The honors here proposed by Haman were such as Persian monarchs rarely allowed to subjects. Each act would have been a capital offence if done without permission. Still, we find Persian monarchs allowing their subjects in these or similar acts under certain circumstances. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 6:7-8

Esther 6:7-8. Haman answered, Let the royal apparel, &c. Concluding he himself was the favourite intended, he prescribes the highest instances of honour that could for once be bestowed upon a subject; nay, he names honours too great to be conferred on any subject. Which the king useth to wear, &c. Namely, the king’s outward garment, which was made of purple, interwoven with gold, as Justin and Curtius relate. To form a notion of that height of pride and arrogance at which Haman,... read more

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