Vashti is sent for by the king, but refuses to come, esther 1. Esther 9 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. God saves the jews esther the book of esther easyenglish bible god is in control esther a commentary by robert bryce short outline of esther. Esther 1 commentary old testament matthew henry st. Their names were carshena, shethar, admatha, tarshish, meres, marsena, and. Ahasuerus, not being able to sleep in the night, ordered the book of records to be brought and read to him, where a fact of mordecais was registered, and, upon inquiry, it appeared that nothing had been done to him for it, esther 6. Esther said, i myself have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days meaning she had not seen her husband for an entire month. Queen esther came to the throne for just such a time 4. Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the kings palace any more than all the other jews. A word list at the end explains words with a star by them. The author was a jew, because he where the jewish festival came from and from the jewish inside the story. An explanatory commentary on esther 1888 college press.
Esther 2 matthew henrys concise commentary on the bible. A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of esther. They explain scripture and help students learn and understand the meaning and application, while also giving answers for vital questions and issues. Study guide for esther 4 by david guzik blue letter bible. Esther is the last of the historical books of the bible, so its main character is named esther that is, venus, the morning star, which sheds its light after all the others stars have ceased to shine, and while the sun still delays to rise. Ahasuerusit is now generally agreed among learned men that the ahasuerus mentioned in this episode is the xerxes who figures in grecian history.
The book of esther, also known in hebrew as the scroll megillah, is a book in the third section ketuvim, writings of the jewish tanakh the hebrew bible and in the christian old testament. Lectures, expository and practical on the book of esther 1859 j r dummelow, ed. Esther with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Study the bible online using commentary on esther and more. This commentary has been through advanced checking words in boxes are from the bible. The author probably lived in a persian city, because he knew persian customs well, and does not say anything. Several things in this chapter itself are very instructive and of great use. Ahasuerus makes royal feasts for his nobles and people, esther 1. An exposition, with practical observations, of the book of esther chapter 1. So king xerxes spoke with the wise men who understood the laws. The king enquired what honour and dignity had been done to mordecai for this, suspecting that this good service had gone unrewarded, and, like pharaohs butler, remembering it as his fault this day, gen. Over 100 years earlier, nebuchadnezzar the king of babylon had attacked jerusalem.
Esther is the last of the historical books of the bible, so its main character is named esther that is, venus, the morning star, which sheds its light after all the other stars have ceased to shine, and while the sun still delays rising. Pratte, each commentary urges students to honor scripture as the inspired. The feast was for all the important men who had authority in the kingdom. Mordecai is brought into prominence at the right time 6. This is a highly unusual commentary on the book of esther. Esther overview james burton coffman commentaries on the. Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of media and persia. Then queen esther answered and said, if i have found favor in your sight, o king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the jews. But esthers uncle mordecai asked esther to speak to the king to save the jews. He overcame the jews and he took many jews to babylon.
Esther commentary john gills exposition of the bible. Then he searched for another wife who would be the new queen. Esther 6 commentary john gills exposition on the whole. Esther 6 commentary old testament matthew henry st. Read esther commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. Yet most people today have never heard of john gill. Commentary on the book of esther by matthew henry old.
Hence it belongs to the bestknown ot books with the jews and it is also the book, which has the oldest copies. Esther commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. An easyenglish bible version and commentary 2800 word vocabulary on the book of ezra. It relates the story of a hebrew woman in persia, born as hadassah but known as esther, who becomes queen of persia and thwarts a genocide. The events that the first chapter of the book of esther describes happened about 483 bc before christ. For we have been sold, my people and i, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Thus the deeds of queen esther cast a ray of light forward into israels history from a dark time.
These free bible study commentaries provide notes and comments versebyverse through bible books. Although esther was the queen, mordecai was asking her to do a dangerous thing. Esther 1 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. It is one of the five scrolls megillot in the hebrew bible. We ought particularly to be grateful to our inferiors, and not to think all their services such debts to us but that they make us. Now it happened on the third day that esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the kings palace, across from the kings house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house.
Study guide on the book of esther, on line bible commentary for book of esther, niv commentary esther, free esther commentary, best commentaries on esther. Esther 2 chapter 1 several things in this chapter itself are very instructive and of great use. Click list of published revelation commentaries categorized by the predominant interpretative view of the author. The book of esther has served the jewish people as support of their national hope and especially so in the days of persecution. Esther is read during the purim feast on 14th and 15th adar februarymarch. So they hanged haman on the gallows that he had prepared for mordecai as the sentence was short, so the execution was speedy, and he that expected every one to do him reverence is now made an ignominious spectacle to the world on a gallows fifty cubits high.
Esther commentary scroll down to page 273 for 3 page commentary on esther includes maps seems to be well done. Commentaries on prophetic books vary widely in their interpretative approach, and you may not always be able to easily discern their bias. You can find the best commentary on esther for you using the tools on the right side. The whole history of this book in its connected order, with the occurrences in the persian empire at that time, will be found in the introduction.