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6:9 Then let this clothing <03830> and this horse <05483> be given <05414> to one <0376> of the king’s <04428> noble <06579> officials <08269>. Let him then clothe <03847> the man <0376> whom <0834> the king <04428> wishes <02654> to honor <03366>, and let him lead <07392> him about through the plaza <07339> of the city <05892> on <05921> the horse <05483>, calling <07121> before <06440> him, ‘So <03602> shall it be done <06213> to the man <0376> whom <0834> the king <04428> wishes <02654> to honor <03366>!’” 6:10 The king <04428> then said <0559> to Haman <02001>, “Go quickly <04116>! Take <03947> the clothing <03830> and the horse <05483>, just as <0834> you have described <01696>, and do <06213> as <03651> you just indicated to Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> who sits <03427> at the king’s <04428> gate <08179>. Don’t <0408> neglect <05307> a single thing <01697> of all <03605> that <0834> you have said <01696>.” 6:11 So Haman <02001> took <03947> the clothing <03830> and the horse <05483>, and he clothed <03847> Mordecai <04782>. He led <07392> him about on the horse throughout the plaza <07339> of the city <05892>, calling <07121> before <06440> him, “So <03602> shall it be done <06213> to the man <0376> whom <0834> the king <04428> wishes <02654> to honor <03366>!” 6:12 Then Mordecai <04782> again <07725> sat at the king’s <04428> gate <08179>, while Haman <02001> hurried <01765> away to his home <01004>, mournful <057> and with a veil <02645> over his head <07218>. 6:13 Haman <02001> then related <05608> to his wife <0802> Zeresh <02238> and to all <03605> his friends <0157> everything <03605> that <0834> had happened <07136> to him. These wise men <02450>, along with his wife <0802> Zeresh <02238>, said <0559> to him, “If <0518> indeed this Mordecai <04782> before <06440> whom <0834> you have begun <02490> to fall <05307> is Jewish <03064> <02233>, you will not <03808> prevail against <03201> him. No, you will surely fall <05307> <05307> before <06440> him!” 6:14 While they were still <05750> speaking <01696> with <05973> him, the king’s <04428> eunuchs <05631> arrived <05060>. They quickly <0926> brought <0935> Haman <02001> to <0413> the banquet <04960> that <0834> Esther <0635> had prepared <06213>.

• Est 6:1-14 -- The Turning Point: The King Honors Mordecai

• Mordecai

  [ebd] the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at least one hundred and twenty-nine years old in the twelfth year of Ahasueru...
  [nave] MORDECAI A Jewish captive in Persia, Esth. 2:5, 6. Foster father of Esther, Esth. 2:7. Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life, and is rewarded, Esth. 2:21-23; Esth. 6:1-11. Promoted in Haman's place, Esth. 8:1...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Haman

  [nave] HAMAN Prime minister of Ahasuerus, Esth. 3:1. Plotted against Esther and the Jews, thwarted by Esther and Mordecai, hanged, Esth. 3-9.
  

• Esther

  [nave] ESTHER, called also Hadassah. Niece of Mordecai, Esth. 2:7, 15. Chosen queen, Esth. 2:17. Tells the king of the plot against his life, Esth. 2:22. Fasts on account of the decree to destroy the Israelites; accuses Haman to ...
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• Courage

  [nave] COURAGE Enjoined upon Joshua, Deut. 31:7, 8, 22, 23; Josh. 1:1-9; the Israelites, Lev. 26:6-8; 2 Chr. 32:7, 8; Solomon, 1 Chr. 22:13; 28:20; Asa, 2 Chr. 15:1-7. Enjoined by Jehoshaphat upon the judicial and executive office...
  

• Tact

  [nave] TACT Prov. 15:1; 25:15. In preaching, 1 Cor. 9:19-22; 2 Cor. 12:6. Of Gideon, Judg. 8:1-3. Of Saul, in managing malcontents, 1 Sam. 10:27; 11:7, 12-15. Nabal's wife, Abigail, 1 Sam. 25:18-37. In David's popular methods:...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Zeresh

  [isbe] ZERESH - ze'-resh (zeresh, "gold," from the Persian; Sosara): The wife of Haman (Est 5:10,14; 6:13), the vizier of Xerxes.
  [smith] (gold), the wife of Haman the Agagite. (Esther 5:10,14; 6:13) (B.C. 475.)
  [nave] ZERESH, wife of Haman, Esth. 5:10-14; 6:13.
  

• Civil Service

  [nave] CIVIL SERVICE. School for Dan. 1:3-5, 17-21 Competitive Examinations for Appointment in See above, School for. Appointment in, On Account of Merit Gen. 39:1-6; Gen. 41:38-44; 1 Kin. 11:28; Esth. 6:1-11; Dan. 1:17-21; M...
  

• ARRAY

  [isbe] ARRAY - a-ra' ((1) labhesh, `aTah; periballo, enduomai, himatismos. (2) `arakh, shith): "Array," composed of prefix "ar-" and "rai," "order," is used in two senses, (1) in reference to clothing and (2) in reference to the di...
  

• Proclamation

  [nave] PROCLAMATION Imperial, 2 Chr. 30:1-10; Esth. 1:22; 6:9; 8:10-14; Isa. 40:3, 9; Dan. 3:4-7; 4:1; 5:29. Emancipation, 2 Chr. 36:23; Ezra 1:1-4.
  

• Women

  [nave] WOMEN Creation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22. Named, Gen. 2:23. Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Promise to, Gen. 3:15. Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11. Ve...
  

• Mourning

  [nave] MOURNING For the dead: Head uncovered, Lev. 10:6; 21:10; lying on ground, 2 Sam. 12:16; personal appearance neglected, 2 Sam. 14:2; cutting the flesh, Lev. 19:28; 21:1-5; Deut. 14:1; Jer. 16:6, 7; 41:5; lamentations, Gen. 50...
  

• Ambition

  [nave] AMBITION Falsely charged against Moses, Num. 16:13. Parable of the thistle, illustrating, 2 Kin. 14:9. Unclassified Scriptures Relating to Job 20:6, 7; Psa. 49:11-13; Isa. 5:8; Hab. 2:5, 6, 9; Matt. 4:8-10 Luke 4:5-8. Mat...
  

• GESTURE

  [isbe] GESTURE - jes'-tur, jes'-tur: The Oriental is rich in gestures by which feelings are expressed and force added to words. Of this we have abundant illustration in the Bible. Almost every available part of the body was employe...
  

• BANQUET

  [isbe] BANQUET - ban'-kwet. 1. The Ancient Hebrew Customs: (1) "Banquet" and "banqueting" in the King James Version always include and stand for wine-drinking, not simply "feast" or "feasting" in our sense. Thus (Song 2:4), "He bro...
  

• Dress

  [ebd] (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah's dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The Hebrews were early acquainted ...
  

• HEAD

  [isbe] HEAD - hed (ro'-sh, Aramaic re'sh, and in special sense gulgoleth, literally, "skull," "cut-off head" (1 Ch 10:10), whence Golgotha (Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Jn 19:17); mera'ashah, literally, "head-rest," "pillow," "bolster" (1 K...
  

• HEREDITY

  [isbe] HEREDITY - he-red'-i-ti: 1. Physiological Heredity: Heredity, in modern language, is the law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics, physiological and psychical, in their offspring, a law familiar in som...
  

• The Triumph of Mordecai

  

• The book of Esther says that Mordecai was a Benjamite in one place and a Jew in others. Which was he?
  In Esther 2:5-6 we are told: 2:5 Now there happened to be a Jewish man in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 2:6 who had been taken into ex...

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