Esther 1:22 - Exposition

For he sent . Rather, " and he sent." Besides publishing the decree, Ahasuerus sent letters prescribing certain things, viz.:—

1 . That every man should bear rule in his own house; and,

2 . That every man should speak his own language in his family, and not that of his wife, if it were different.

This is the plain meaning of the existing text, which cannot bear either of the senses suggested in the Authorised Version.