Chapter 5

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on the Esth 4:16; Matt 27:64

royal Esth 1:11, Esth 8:15; Matt 10:16, Matt 11:8; 1Pet 3:3-5

inner Esth 4:11, Esth 6:4

sat 1Kgs 10:18-20; Luke 22:30; Rev 3:21


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she Gen 32:28; Neh 1:11; Ps 116:1; Prov 21:1; Acts 7:10, Acts 10:4

golden sceptre Esth 4:11, Esth 8:4


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What Esth 5:6; Esth 7:2, Esth 9:12; 1Kgs 2:20, 1Kgs 3:5; Matt 20:20-22; Luke 18:41

to Esth 5:6; Mark 6:23


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If it seem Esth 5:8; Prov 29:11

the banquet Mishteh, from shathah, "to drink," a compotation. feast, or banquet accompanied with drinking; the drinking in the East being at the beginning, and not at the end of the entertainment. Olearius, describing an entertainment at the Persian court, says, "The floor of the hall was covered with cotton cloth, which was covered with all sorts of fruits and sweetmeats in basons of gold. With them was served up excellent Shiraz wine. After an hour's time, the sweetmeats were removed, to make way for the more substantial part of the entertainment, such as rice, boiled and roast mutton, etc. When the company had been at table an hour and a half, warm water was brought, in a ewer of gold, for washing; and grace being said, they began to retire without speaking a word, according to the custom of the country." Esth 5:8, Esth 3:15; Gen 27:25, Gen 32:20; Ps 112:5; 1Cor 14:20


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Cause Haman Esth 6:14


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the king said Esth 5:3, Esth 7:2, Esth 9:12


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perform Heb. do

let the king Esther probably wished another interview, that she might ingratiate herself more fully into the king's favour, and thus secure the success of her design. But Providence disposed of things thus, to give time for the important event mentioned in the following chapter.

to morrow Esth 6:1-13; Prov 16:9


9
joyful Job 20:5; Amos 6:12-13; Luke 6:25; John 16:20; Jas 4:9

he stood not up Esth 3:2; Ps 15:4; Matt 10:28

he was full Esth 3:5; 1Kgs 21:4; Job 31:31; Ps 27:3; Dan 3:13, Dan 3:16-19; Matt 2:16; Acts 7:54


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refrained Gen 43:30-31, Gen 45:1; 2Sam 13:22-23; Eccl 7:9

called for his friends Heb. caused his friends to come, Zeresh. Esth 6:13


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the glory Esth 1:4; Gen 31:1; Job 31:24-25; Ps 49:6, Ps 49:16-17; Isa 10:8; Jer 9:23-24; Dan 4:30; Mark 10:24; Luke 12:19-20; 1Tim 6:17

the multitude Esth 9:7-10, Esth 9:12-13; Job 27:14-15; Hos 9:13-14

and how he had Esth 3:1


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Esther Plutarch, in his life of Artaxerxes, informs us, that none but the king's mother, and his real wife, were permitted to sit at his table; and therefore he mentions it as a condescension in that prince, that he sometimes invited his brothers. Haman, therefore, had some reason to be proud of this favour.

to morrow Job 8:12-13, Job 20:5-8; Ps 37:35-36; Prov 7:22-23, Prov 27:1; Luke 21:34-35; 1Thess 5:3


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Yet all this Pride will ever render its possessor unhappy. Haman, though possessed of immense riches, glory, and honour, and the prime favourite of his king, is wretched, because he could not have the homage of that man whom his heart even despised! Oh, how distressing are the inquietudes of pride and vanity. 1Kgs 21:4-6; Job 15:20, Job 18:4; Eccl 1:2, Eccl 1:14; Phil 4:11-12


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said Zeresh 2Sam 13:3-5; 1Kgs 21:7, 1Kgs 21:25; 2Chr 22:3-4; Mark 6:19-24

Let a gallows Heb. Let a tree, Esth 7:9

speak thou Esth 3:8-15, Esth 6:4

go thou in Esth 3:15; 1Kgs 21:7; Amos 6:4-6; Rev 11:10

the thing 2Sam 16:21-23, 2Sam 17:1-4; Mark 14:10-11; Acts 23:14-15; Rom 1:32

he caused Esth 7:10; Ps 7:13-16, Ps 9:15, Ps 37:14, Ps 37:32; Prov 1:18, Prov 4:16; Rom 3:15


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