Esther 1:1
Ahasuerus ....... Ahasuerus <0325> [Ahasuerus.]
Prideaux has shewn satisfactorily that Ahasuerus was the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks, agreeably to the Septuagint and Josephus. See note on Ezr 6:14.
India <01912> [from India.]
hundred <03967> [an hundred.]
Esther 2:5
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
Jewish man <03064 0376> [a certain Jew.]
son ..... son ... Shimei ... son <01121 08096> [the son of Shimei.]
Esther 3:14
copy <06572> [The copy.]
Esther 6:1
night <03915> [that night.]
king ... unable ... sleep ....................... king's <05074 04428 08142> [could not the king sleep. Heb. the king's sleep fled away.]
book ..... records <05612 02146> [the book of records.]
As chronicles were composed among the Persians, a more instructive and interesting work could not be brought before the king; because they were all written in verse, and were generally the work of the most eminent poets of the empire.
Esther 8:13
known <01540> [published. Heb. revealed. avenge themselves.]
