Daniel 6:12
approached <07127> [they.]
den <01358> [the den.]
It is probable that these lions were kept for the purpose of devouring certain criminals, whom the laws might consign to that kind of death.
That <04406> [The thing.]
Daniel 6:15
Recall <03046> [Know.]
Esther 1:19
king .... inclined ................................... King ......... royalty <04428 02895> [it please the king. Heb. it be good with the king.]
from him ......................... presence <06440> [from him. Heb. from before him. it be not altered. Heb. it pass not away.]
Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."
another <07468> [another. Heb. her companion. that is better.]
Esther 8:3
falling <05307> [fell.]
wept ...... mercy <01058 02603> [besought him with tears. Heb. she wept and besought him.]
evil <07451> [mischief.]
