2 Chronicles 22:4-5
advice <03289> [they were his.]
followed ..... joined <01980> [He walked.]
Joram <03212 03088> [went with.]
Ramoth <07433> [Ramoth-gilead.]
Esther 1:16-21
Vashti <02060> [Vashti.]
This reasoning was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not generally disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no precedent for the general conduct of the Persian women. She disobeyed only in one particular; and this, to serve a purpose, Memucan draws into a general consequence: and the rest came into the conclusion, being either too intoxicated to be able to discern right from wrong, or too intent on reducing women to a state of vassalage, to neglect the present favourable opportunity.
wrong <05753> [done wrong.]
contempt <0959> [despise.]
ladies <08282> [the ladies.]
{Saroth,} the princesses: but the meaning is well expressed by our term ladies.
king .... inclined ................................... King ......... royalty <04428 02895> [it please the king. Heb. it be good with the king.]
from him ......................... presence <06440> [from him. Heb. from before him. it be not altered. Heb. it pass not away.]
Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."
another <07468> [another. Heb. her companion. that is better.]
kingdom <04438> [throughout.]
women <0802> [all the wives.]
seemed ..... king ....... king <03190 04428> [pleased the king. Heb. was good in the eyes of the king.]
Esther 2:2-4
king's servants ............. king's <05288 04428> [king's servants.]
attractive <02896> [Let there be.]
provinces <04082> [in all the provinces.]
gather <06908> [that they may gather.]
This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.
authority <03027> [the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.]
[Hegai. the king's chamberlain.]
{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.
cosmetics <08562> [their things.]
young woman <05291> [let the maiden.]
idea <01697> [the thing.]
Proverbs 12:5
plans <04284> [thoughts.]
counsels <08458> [counsels.]
Isaiah 19:11-13
officials <08269> [the princes.]
Zoan <06814> [Zoan.]
stupid <01197> [brutish.]
one <01121> [I am.]
where oh ..... wise <0335 0645 02450> [where are thy.]
tell ..... find <05046 03045> [let them.]
officials ... Zoan ..... officials <06814 08269> [princes of Zoan.]
Memphis <05297> [Noph.]
rulers <06438> [stay. or, governors. Heb. corners.]
Daniel 6:7
all ..................................... anyone ..... any <03606> [All.]
seemed like a good idea <03272> [have consulted.]
interdict <0633> [decree. or, interdict. he shall.]
