Esther 6:4-11; The Honour Conferred on Mordecai; Haman is so impatient to get...
The Honour Conferred on Mordecai. B. C. 510. Esther 6:4-11 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang...
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Haman Cast Down. B. C. 510. Esther 6:12-14 12 And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and...
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E S T H E R CHAPTER 7 We are now to attend the second banquet to which the king and Haman were invited: and there, I. Esther presents her petition to the king for her life and the life of her people,...
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The King Incensed Against Haman; Haman Hanged upon His Own Gallows. B. C. 510. Esther 7:7-10 7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood...
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E S T H E R CHAPTER 8 We left the plotter hanging, and are now to see what becomes of his plot. I. His plot was to raise an estate for himself; and all his estate, being confiscated for treason, is...
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The Jews Encouraged to Self-Defence. B. C. 510. Esther 8:3-14 3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the...
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The Joy of the Jews. B. C. 510. Esther 8:15-17 15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine...
View ArticleEsther 9:1-19; The Jews Avenged; What the Jews did for themselves: They...
E S T H E R CHAPTER 9 We left two royal edicts in force, both given at the court of Shushan, one bearing date the thirteenth day of the first month, appointing that on the thirteenth day of the twelfth...
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The Feast of Purim. B. C. 509. Esther 9:20-32 20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, 21 To...
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E S T H E R CHAPTER 10 This is but a part of a chapter; the rest of it, beginning at v. 4, with six chapters more, being found only in the Greek, is rejected as apocryphal. In these three verses we...
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