Ester 7:5 NVT

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 7:5

Then the King Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen ,.... The words in the original text lie thus, "and the King Ahasuerus said, and he said to Esther the queen"; which doubling of the word does not signify, as Jarchi suggests, that before he spoke to her by a messenger, or middle person, but, now he knew she was of a royal family, he spoke to her himself; but it is expressive of the ruffle of his mind, and the wrath and fury he was in, that he said it again and again, with a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 7:5

Who is he , and where is he - There is a wonderful abruptness and confusion in the original words, highly expressive of the state of mind in which the king then was: כן לעשות לבו מלאו אשר הוא זה ואי זה הוא מי mi hu zeh veey zeh hu asher melao libbo laasoth ken . "Who? He? This one? And where? This one? He? Who hath filled his heart to do thus?" He was at once struck with the horrible nature of a conspiracy so cruel and diabolic. 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 7:5

Who is he ? Ahasuerus asks the question to "make sure," as we say—not that he could really be in any doubt. That durst presume . Rather, "that hath presumed'' ( ὅστις ἐτόλμησε .— LXX . ) . read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 7:5

Esther 7:5. Then the king said, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? What! contrive the murder of the queen and all her friends? Is there such a man, or such a monster, rather, in nature? The expressions are short and doubled, as proceeding from a discomposed and enraged mind. The Hebrew is, Whose heart has filled him, as in the margin; or, Who hath filled his heart, to do so? He wonders that any one should be so wicked as to conceive such a thing, or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Esther 7:1-10

Haman’s humiliation and defeat (5:1-7:10)After three days Esther approached the king and invited him and Haman to dinner (5:1-4). She was so pleased with their friendly response that she decided to invite them again the next day, in the hope that they would be even more favourable to her (5-8). Haman thought that the honour given him by the queen showed that she, as well as the king, was pleased with him and agreed with his anti-Jewish policy. He decided to take the opportunity of this royal... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 7:5

answered and said. Note the idiom = threatened and said. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41 . WHO IS HE, AND WHERE IS HE . . . ? This is the fifth Acrostic, which gives (not Jehovah but) the Divine Name "I AM" of Exodus 3:14 . See App-60 . HE. Note the emphatic repetition of this pronoun. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 7:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 7:5

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 7:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 7:5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Esther 7:1-10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 7:5

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