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Text -- Esther 1:17 (NET)
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JFB -> Est 1:13-19
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
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Gill -> Est 1:17
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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TSK Synopsis -> Est 1:1-22
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
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
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
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; Est 1:10-22
Constable: Est 1:1-22 - --A. Vashti Deposed ch. 1
This chapter records the providential circumstances whereby Esther was able to r...
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