
Text -- Esther 3:6 (NET)




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He thought that vengeance was unsuitable to his quality.

Wesley: Est 3:6 - -- Which he attempted, from that implacable hatred which, as an Amalekite, he had against them; from his rage against Mordecai; and from Mordecai's reaso...
Which he attempted, from that implacable hatred which, as an Amalekite, he had against them; from his rage against Mordecai; and from Mordecai's reason of this contempt, because he was a Jew, which as he truly judged, extended itself to all the Jews, and would equally engage them all in the same neglect. And doubtless Haman included those who were returned to their own land: for that was now a province of his kingdom.
Defender -> Est 3:6
Defender: Est 3:6 - -- Haman apparently had such delusions of grandeur that he craved worship as a divinity. He realized that not only Mordecai but also the Jews as a people...
Haman apparently had such delusions of grandeur that he craved worship as a divinity. He realized that not only Mordecai but also the Jews as a people would refuse him the worship he desired. Therefore he determined to stamp out the Jews and their monotheistic religion altogether."
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Barnes -> Est 3:6
Barnes: Est 3:6 - -- To destroy all the Jews - In the East massacres of a people, a race, a class, have at all times been among the incidents of history, and would ...
To destroy all the Jews - In the East massacres of a people, a race, a class, have at all times been among the incidents of history, and would naturally present themselves to the mind of a statesman. The Magophonia, or the great massacre of the Magi at the accession of Darius Hystaspis, was an event not then fifty years old, and was commemorated annually. A massacre of the Scythians had occurred about a century previously.
Poole -> Est 3:6
Poole: Est 3:6 - -- He thought scorn he thought that particular vengeance was unsuitable to his quality, and to the greatness of the injury.
Haman sought to destroy all...
He thought scorn he thought that particular vengeance was unsuitable to his quality, and to the greatness of the injury.
Haman sought to destroy all the Jews which he attempted, partly, from that implacable hatred which, as an Amalekite, he had against them; partly, from his rage against Mordecai; and partly, from Mordecai’ s reason of this contempt, because he was a Jew, which, as he truly judged, extended itself to all the Jews, and would equally engage them all in the same neglect and hatred of his person,
Haydock -> Est 3:6
Haydock: Est 3:6 - -- Counted. Septuagint, "consulted how to exterminate all the Jews in the kingdom." ---
Assuerus. Hebrew adds, "the people of Mardochai."
Counted. Septuagint, "consulted how to exterminate all the Jews in the kingdom." ---
Assuerus. Hebrew adds, "the people of Mardochai."
Gill -> Est 3:6
Gill: Est 3:6 - -- And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone,.... That would not be a sufficient gratification of his revenge; he was too low and mean a person...
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone,.... That would not be a sufficient gratification of his revenge; he was too low and mean a person only to wreak his vengeance on; nothing short of his whole nation would satisfy him:
for they had showed him the people of Mordecai; that they were the Jews; for Mordecai had told the king's servants, that talked with him on the subject, that he was a Jew, and gave that as a reason why he could not and would not reverence Haman:
wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus; even the people of Mordecai; and that not merely to be revenged on Mordecai, but because he plainly saw, that both by his example, and upon the same principle with him; they would all to a man refuse to give him reverence; and therefore he was resolved to root them out of the whole empire, that he might not be mortified by them.

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TSK Synopsis -> Est 3:1-15
TSK Synopsis: Est 3:1-15 - --1 Haman, advanced by the king, and despised by Mordecai, seeks revenge upon all the Jews.7 He casts lots.8 He obtains by calumniation a decree of the ...
Maclaren -> Est 3:1-11
Maclaren: Est 3:1-11 - --The Net Spread
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedathna the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all t...
MHCC -> Est 3:1-6
MHCC: Est 3:1-6 - --Mordecai refused to reverence Haman. The religion of a Jew forbade him to give honours to any mortal man which savoured of idolatry, especially to so ...
Matthew Henry -> Est 3:1-6
Matthew Henry: Est 3:1-6 - -- Here we have, I. Haman advanced by the prince, and adored thereupon by the people. Ahasuerus had lately laid Esther in his bosom, but she had no suc...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Est 3:1-6
Keil-Delitzsch: Est 3:1-6 - --
The elevation of Haman above all the princes of the kingdom issaid in a general manner to have taken place "after these things,"i.e., afterthe matte...
Constable -> Est 2:21--3:7; Est 3:1-6
Constable: Est 2:21--3:7 - --A. Background Considerations 2:21-3:6
At this point in the narrative the writer introduced us to the vil...
