Esther 1:20
kingdom <04438> [throughout.]
women <0802> [all the wives.]
Esther 3:14
copy <06572> [The copy.]
Esther 5:13
fails <07737> [Yet all this.]
Pride will ever render its possessor unhappy. Haman, though possessed of immense riches, glory, and honour, and the prime favourite of his king, is wretched, because he could not have the homage of that man whom his heart even despised! Oh, how distressing are the inquietudes of pride and vanity.
Esther 8:12-13
This ........ certain day <03117 0259> [one day.]
thirteenth <07969> [upon the thirteenth.]
known <01540> [published. Heb. revealed. avenge themselves.]
Esther 9:4
high rank ....................... greater <01419> [was great.]
word about him <08089> [his fame.]
spreading .......... become greater <01980> [waxed.]
Esther 9:20-21
Mordecai <04782> [Mordecai.]
That is, as the words imply, the history contained in this book; and not merely the letters afterwards mentioned, as some understand it.
wrote ... matters <03789 01697> [wrote these.]
provinces <04082> [in all the provinces.]