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Text -- Esther 1:6 (NET)

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1:6 The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Shushan | RING | PURPLE | PORPHYRY | PAVEMENT | Marble | MEALS, MEAL-TIME | LINEN | HANGINGS | Gold | GABBATHA | Feasts | ESTHER, BOOK OF | Curtains | Colour | COTTON | COLOR; COLORS | Bitumen | Bed | BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Est 1:6 - -- For in those eastern countries, they did not then sit at tables as we do, but rested or leaned upon beds or couches.

For in those eastern countries, they did not then sit at tables as we do, but rested or leaned upon beds or couches.

JFB: Est 1:6 - -- The fashion, in the houses of the great, on festive occasions, was to decorate the chambers from the middle of the wall downward with damask or velvet...

The fashion, in the houses of the great, on festive occasions, was to decorate the chambers from the middle of the wall downward with damask or velvet hangings of variegated colors suspended on hooks, or taken down at pleasure.

JFB: Est 1:6 - -- That is, the couches on which, according to Oriental fashion, the guests reclined, and which were either formed entirely of gold and silver or inlaid ...

That is, the couches on which, according to Oriental fashion, the guests reclined, and which were either formed entirely of gold and silver or inlaid with ornaments of those costly metals, stood on an elevated floor of parti-colored marble.

Clarke: Est 1:6 - -- White, green, and blue hangings - It was customary, on such occasions, not only to hang the place about with elegant curtains of the above colors, a...

White, green, and blue hangings - It was customary, on such occasions, not only to hang the place about with elegant curtains of the above colors, as Dr. Shaw and others have remarked, but also to have a canopy of rich stuffs suspended on cords from side to side of the place in which they feasted. And such courts were ordinarily paved with different coloured marbles, or with tiles painted, as above specified. And this was the origin of the Musive or Mosaic work, well known among the Asiatics, and borrowed from them by the Greeks and the Romans

The beds of gold and silver mentioned here were the couches covered with gold and silver cloth, on which the guests reclined.

TSK: Est 1:6 - -- white : Exo 26:1, Exo 26:31, Exo 26:32, Exo 26:36, Exo 26:37 blue : or, violet, Est 8:15 the beds : These were couches, covered with gold and silver c...

white : Exo 26:1, Exo 26:31, Exo 26:32, Exo 26:36, Exo 26:37

blue : or, violet, Est 8:15

the beds : These were couches, covered with gold and silver cloth, on which the guests reclined; for the Orientals do not sit, but recline at their meals. Est 7:8; Eze 23:41; Amo 2:8, Amo 6:4

red : etc. or, of porphyre, and marble, and alabaster, and stone of blue colour

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Barnes: Est 1:6 - -- Rather, "where was an awning of fine white cotton and violet."White and blue (or violet) were the royal colors in Persia. Such awnings as are here d...

Rather, "where was an awning of fine white cotton and violet."White and blue (or violet) were the royal colors in Persia. Such awnings as are here described were very suitable to the pillared halls and porches of a Persian summer-palace, and especially to the situation of that of Susa.

The beds - Rather, "couches"or "sofas,"on which the guests reclined at meals.

A pavement ... - See the margin. It is generally agreed that the four substances named are stones; but to identify the stones, or even their colors, is difficult.

Poole: Est 1:6 - -- The beds for in those eastern countries and ancient times they did not sit at tables, as we do, but rested or leaned upon beds; of which we have many...

The beds for in those eastern countries and ancient times they did not sit at tables, as we do, but rested or leaned upon beds; of which we have many testimonies, both in Scripture, as Est 7:8 Amo 2:8 6:4 Joh 13:23 , and in all other authors.

Haydock: Est 1:6 - -- Were. Protestants, " where were, " white, green, and blue hangings. --- Ivory. Hebrew, "silver." (Haydock) --- Beds, to lie down on at table...

Were. Protestants, " where were, " white, green, and blue hangings. ---

Ivory. Hebrew, "silver." (Haydock) ---

Beds, to lie down on at table; though sitting was formerly the fashion, Genesis xliii. 33. The other custom prevailed among the more luxurious nations, and was observed in our Saviour's time, each person reclining upon his left arm, and having his feet behind the next. (Tirinus) ---

These beds were made very low, in Persia; so that Alexander had one put under his feet, when he sat on the throne of Darius, as he was not so tall. (Curtius v. 7.) ---

Their magnificence was surprising. (Herodotus ix. 81.) (Calmet) ---

Variety, in Mosaic work. (Tirinus) ---

They lay upon sheep skins. (Chaldean) Septuagint, "and the beds (or coverlets) were transparent, with various flowers, and full-blown roses, all round." (Haydock)

Gill: Est 1:6 - -- Where were white, green, and blue hangings,.... Or curtains of fine linen, as the Targum, which were of these several colours; the first letter of the...

Where were white, green, and blue hangings,.... Or curtains of fine linen, as the Targum, which were of these several colours; the first letter of the word for "white" is larger than usual, to denote the exceeding whiteness of them. The next word is "carpas", which Ben Melech observes is a dyed colour, said to be green. Pausanias q makes mention of Carpasian linen, and which may be here meant; the last word used signifies blue, sky coloured, or hyacinth:

fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings, and pillars of marble; these pillars are said, in the Targum, to be of divers colours, red, green, and shining yellow and white, on which the silver rings were fixed, and into them were put linen strings of purple colour, which fastened the hangings to them, and so made an enclosure, within which the guests sat at the feast:

the beds were of gold and silver; the couches on which they sat, or rather reclined at eating, as was the manner of the eastern nations; these, according to the Targum, were of lambs' wool, the finest, and the softest, and the posts of them were of gold, and their feet of silver. Such luxury obtained among the Romans in later times r:

these were placed in a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble; which, according to some, are the porphyrite, Parian, alabaster, and marble of various colours; the marble of the Persians is of four colours, white, black, red and black, and white and black s; but others take them to be precious stones, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; the first is by the Targum interpreted crystal, by others the emerald, one of which Theophrastus t speaks of as four cubits long, and three broad, which might be laid in a pavement; the third is, by Bochart u, supposed to be the pearl; and in the Talmud w it is said to be of such a nature, that if placed in the middle of a dining room, will give light in it as at noonday, which seems to be what is called lychnites; to which Lucian x ascribes a like property: nor need all this seem strange, since great was the luxury of the eastern nations. Philostratus y speaks of a temple in India paved with pearls, and which he says all the Barbarians use in their temples; particularly it is said z, that the roofs of the palaces of Shushan and Ecbatana, the palaces of the kings of Persia, shone with gold and silver, ivory, and amber; no wonder then that their pavements were of very valuable and precious stones: and from hence it appears, that the "lithostrata", the word here used by the Septuagint, or tesserated pavements, were in use four hundred years before the times of Sylla, where the beginning of them is placed by Pliny a; there was a "lithostraton" in the second temple at Jerusalem, by us rendered the pavement, Joh 19:13, perhaps the same with the room Gazith, so called from its being laid with hewn stone. Aristeas b, who lived in the times of Ptolemy Philadelphus, testifies that the whole floor of the temple was a "lithostraton", or was paved with stone: it is most likely therefore that these had their original in the eastern country, and not in Greece, as Pliny c supposed.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Est 1:6 The Hebrew noun מִטָּה (mittah) refers to a reclining couch (cf. KJV “beds”) spread with covers, cloth...

Geneva Bible: Est 1:6 [Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the ( d ) beds [w...

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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 1:1-9 - --The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is a dinner of herbs...

Matthew Henry: Est 1:1-9 - -- Which of the kings of Persia this Ahasuerus was the learned are not agreed. Mordecai is said to have been one of those that were carried captive f...

Keil-Delitzsch: Est 1:1-8 - -- The banquet. Est 1:1-3 mark a period. משׁתּה עשׂה , which belongs to ויהי , does not follow till Est 1:3, andeven then the statement c...

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

Constable: Est 1:1-9 - --1. The king's feast 1:1-9 Ahasuerus is the Hebrew name of the Persian king, Khshayarsha, whom we...

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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