
Text -- Esther 5:14 (NET)




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Wesley -> Est 5:14
Wesley: Est 5:14 - -- That it may be more conspicuous to all, and thereby be more disgraceful to Mordecai, and strike all Haman's enemies with a greater dread of despising ...
That it may be more conspicuous to all, and thereby be more disgraceful to Mordecai, and strike all Haman's enemies with a greater dread of despising or opposing him.
Clarke -> Est 5:14
Clarke: Est 5:14 - -- Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high - The word עץ ets , which we translate gallows, signifies simply wood, a tree, or pole; and this was t...
Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high - The word
In former times the Jews were accustomed to burn Haman in effigy; and with him a wooden cross, which they pretended to be in memory of that which he had erected for the suspension of Mordecai; but which was, in fact, to deride the Christian religion. The emperors, Justinian and Theodosius, abolished it by their edicts; and the practice has ceased from that time, though the principle from which it sprang still exists, with the same virulence against Christianity and its glorious Author.
TSK -> Est 5:14
TSK: Est 5:14 - -- said Zeresh : 2Sa 13:3-5; 1Ki 21:7, 1Ki 21:25; 2Ch 22:3, 2Ch 22:4; Mar 6:19-24
Let a gallows : Heb. Let a tree, Est 7:9
speak thou : Est 3:8-15, Est 6...
said Zeresh : 2Sa 13:3-5; 1Ki 21:7, 1Ki 21:25; 2Ch 22:3, 2Ch 22:4; Mar 6:19-24
Let a gallows : Heb. Let a tree, Est 7:9
speak thou : Est 3:8-15, Est 6:4
go thou in : Est 3:15; 1Ki 21:7; Amo 6:4-6; Rev 11:10
the thing : 2Sa 16:21-23, 2Sa 17:1-4; Mar 14:10, Mar 14:11; Act 23:14, Act 23:15; Rom 1:32
he caused : Est 7:10; Psa 7:13-16, Psa 9:15, Psa 37:14, Psa 37:32; Pro 1:18, Pro 4:16; Rom 3:15

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Barnes -> Est 5:14
Barnes: Est 5:14 - -- A gallows, in the ordinary sense, is scarcely intended, since hanging was not a Persian punishment. The intention, no doubt, was to crucify (see the...
A gallows, in the ordinary sense, is scarcely intended, since hanging was not a Persian punishment. The intention, no doubt, was to crucify (see the Est 2:23 note) or impale Mordecai; and the pale or cross was to be 75 feet high, to make the punishment more conspicuous.
Speak thou unto the king ... - Requests for leave to put persons to death were often made to Persian kings by their near relatives, but only rarely by others.
Poole -> Est 5:14
Poole: Est 5:14 - -- Fifty cubits high that it might be more conspicuous to all, and thereby be more disgraceful to Mordecai, and strike all Haman’ s enemies with th...
Fifty cubits high that it might be more conspicuous to all, and thereby be more disgraceful to Mordecai, and strike all Haman’ s enemies with the great dread of despising or opposing him.
Haydock -> Est 5:14
Haydock: Est 5:14 - -- High. This was to increase the shame. Hence Galba condemned a Roman citizen to be hung on a high white cross. (Suetonius ix.) ---
The Jews former...
High. This was to increase the shame. Hence Galba condemned a Roman citizen to be hung on a high white cross. (Suetonius ix.) ---
The Jews formerly burned a man in effigy with a cross, pretending to do it in detestation of Aman, but in reality to deride our Saviour, till the emperors forbade the custom, chap. ix. 21. (Calmet) (Just. and Theodos.) (Calmet)
Gill -> Est 5:14
Gill: Est 5:14 - -- Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, unto him,.... His wife very probably first moved it, and all his friends present approved of it and un...
Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, unto him,.... His wife very probably first moved it, and all his friends present approved of it and united in it:
let a gallows be made, of fifty cubits, high; that the person hanged thereon might be seen at a distance, and so be a greater reproach to him, and a terror to others, to take care they were not guilty of the same offence: Cartalo was ordered by his father to be fixed to the highest cross in the sight of the city l; and it was usual for crosses to be erected very high m both for that purpose, and for greater infamy and disgrace n:
and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon; get a grant from him for it; of which they made no doubt, since Haman had such an interest in him, and had already obtained an order to destroy all Jews in his dominions:
then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet; eased of the burden of his mind, and honoured to be a guest with the royal pair:
and the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made; but it was for himself, as it proved in the issue. See Est 7:10.

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TSK Synopsis -> Est 5:1-14
TSK Synopsis: Est 5:1-14 - --1 Esther, adventuring on the king's favour, obtains the grace of the golden sceptre, and invites the king and Haman to a banquet.6 She, being encourag...
MHCC -> Est 5:9-14
MHCC: Est 5:9-14 - --This account of Haman is a comment upon Pro 21:24. Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers. Haman, the higher he is lifted up, the...
Matthew Henry -> Est 5:9-14
Matthew Henry: Est 5:9-14 - -- This account here given of Haman is a comment upon that of Solomon, Pro 21:24. Proud and haughty scorner is his name that deals in proud wrath. Ne...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Est 5:9-14
Keil-Delitzsch: Est 5:9-14 - --
Haman went forth from the palace satisfied and with a joyful heart. When,however, he saw Mordochai in the king's gate, who neither stood up nortremb...
Constable -> Est 5:1-14; Est 5:9-14
Constable: Est 5:1-14 - --1. Esther's preparations ch. 5
Chapters 5-7 carry us to the climax of our story. They show how G...
