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Text -- Esther 1:17 (NET)

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1:17 For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, ‘When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.’
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Ahasuerus king of Persia after Darius
 · Vashti queen of Ahasuerus


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Women | Wife | Vashti | Shushan | Servant | Queen | Persia | Memucan | Medes | Husband | Family | Divorce | DEED | Babylon | more
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JFB: Est 1:13-19 - -- These were probably the magi, without whose advice as to the proper time of doing a thing the Persian kings never did take any step whatever; and the ...

These were probably the magi, without whose advice as to the proper time of doing a thing the Persian kings never did take any step whatever; and the persons named in Est 1:14 were the "seven counsellors" (compare Ezr 7:14) who formed the state ministry. The combined wisdom of all, it seems, was enlisted to consult with the king what course should be taken after so unprecedented an occurrence as Vashti's disobedience of the royal summons. It is scarcely possible for us to imagine the astonishment produced by such a refusal in a country and a court where the will of the sovereign was absolute. The assembled grandees were petrified with horror at the daring affront. Alarm for the consequences that might ensue to each of them in his own household next seized on their minds; and the sounds of bacchanalian revelry were hushed into deep and anxious consultation what punishment to inflict on the refractory queen. But a purpose was to be served by the flattery of the king and the enslavement of all women. The counsellors were too intoxicated or obsequious to oppose the courtly advice of Memucan was unanimously resolved, with a wise regard to the public interests of the nation, that the punishment of Vashti could be nothing short of degradation from her royal dignity. The doom was accordingly pronounced and made known in all parts of the empire.

TSK: Est 1:17 - -- despise : 2Sa 6:16; Eph 5:33

despise : 2Sa 6:16; Eph 5:33

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Gill: Est 1:17 - -- For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women,.... It will soon be spread all over the king's dominions, and reach the ears of the wives...

For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women,.... It will soon be spread all over the king's dominions, and reach the ears of the wives of all his subjects, and become their general talk everywhere:

so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes: make light of their authority, refuse subjection to them, slight their commands, and neglect to yield obedience to them, and so not give them the honour that is due unto them:

when it shall be reported, the King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, and she came not; was disobedient to his commands, refused to go along with the chamberlains sent by the king to fetch her.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

Geneva Bible: Est 1:17 For [this] ( l ) deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reporte...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Est 1:1-22 - --1 Ahasuerus makes royal feasts.10 Vashti, sent for, refuses to come.13 Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, and makes the decree of...

MHCC: Est 1:10-22 - --Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to comman...

Matthew Henry: Est 1:10-22 - -- We have here a damp to all the mirth of Ahasuerus's feast; it ended in heaviness, not as Job's children's feast by a wind from the wilderness, not a...

Keil-Delitzsch: Est 1:16-18 - -- The counsel of the wise men. Est 1:16. Memucan, who was the lastmentioned in Est 1:14, comes forward as spokesman for the rest, and declaresbefore t...

Constable: Est 1:1-22 - --A. Vashti Deposed ch. 1 This chapter records the providential circumstances whereby Esther was able to r...

Constable: Est 1:10-22 - --2. The queen's dismissal 1:10-22 The Persian kings castrated many of the men who served the king...

Guzik: Est 1:1-22 - --Esther 1 - A Queen Is Deposed Esther is the last of the historical books of the Bible, so its main character is named Esther - that is, Venus, the mor...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Esther (Book Introduction) ESTHER derives its name from the Jewess, who, having become wife of the king of Persia, employed her royal influence to effect a memorable deliverance...

JFB: Esther (Outline) AHASUERUS MAKES ROYAL FEASTS. (Est. 1:1-22) ESTHER CHOSEN TO BE QUEEN. (Est. 2:1-20) MORDECAI, DISCOVERING A TREASON, IS RECORDED IN THE CHRONICLES. ...

TSK: Esther (Book Introduction) This Book, which derives its name from the person whose history it chiefly relates, is termed in Hebrew, מגלה [Strong’s 04039] אסתר [Str...

TSK: Esther 1 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Est 1:1, Ahasuerus makes royal feasts; Est 1:10, Vashti, sent for, refuses to come; Est 1:13, Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts ...

Poole: Esther 1 (Chapter Introduction) BOOK of ESTHER This book was constantly received for a part of the canon of the Scripture by the people of the Jews, whose authority herein is the ...

MHCC: Esther (Book Introduction) We find in this book, that even those Jews who were scattered in the province of the heathen, were taken care of, and were wonderfully preserved, when...

MHCC: Esther 1 (Chapter Introduction) (Est 1:1-9) The royal feast of Ahasuerus. (Est 1:10-22) Vashti's refusal to appear, The king's decree.

Matthew Henry: Esther (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Esther How the providence of God watched over the Jews that had returned out of captivity t...

Matthew Henry: Esther 1 (Chapter Introduction) Several things in this chapter itself are very instructive and of great use; but the design of recording the story of it is to show how way was mad...

Constable: Esther (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book comes from its principle character, Esther. ...

Constable: Esther (Outline) Outline I. God's preparations 1:1-2:20 A. Vashti deposed ch. 1 1. The ki...

Constable: Esther Esther Bibliography Archer, Gleason L., Jr. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction. 1964; revised ed., Chicago:...

Haydock: Esther (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF ESTHER. INTRODUCTION. This Book takes its name from queen Esther; whose history is here recorded. The general opinion of almost all...

Gill: Esther (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER This book has its name from the person who is the principal subject of it; it is by Clemens of Alexandria a called the Book ...

Gill: Esther 1 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 1 This chapter relates, how that Ahasuerus, a great king of Persia, made a feast, first for the grandees of his kingdom, and...

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