Esther 2:19
young women <01330> [the virgins.]
sitting .... king's gate <03427 04428 08179> [sat in the king's gate.]
Esther 3:15
scurried <01765> [hastened.]
sat down <03427> [sat down.]
city <05892> [the city.]
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 1:14
seven <07651> [the seven.]
saw <07200> [saw.]
Esther 2:21
Bigthan <0904> [Bigthan.]
[Bigthana. door. Heb. threshold. and sought.]
Esther 5:1
third <07992> [on the.]
royal attire ..................... royal ..... palace <04438> [royal.]
inner <06442> [inner.]
sitting <03427> [sat.]
Esther 6:10
quickly <04116> [Make haste.]
single thing <01697 05307> [let nothing fail. Heb. suffer not a whit to fall.]
Esther 9:19
happiness <08057> [gladness.]
sending gifts <04490 04916> [sending portions.]
The eastern princes and people not only invite their friends to feasts, but it is their custom to send a portion of the banquet to those that cannot well attend, especially their relations, and those in a state of mourning. Thus, when the Grand Emir found that it incommoded M. D'Arvieux to eat with him, he desired him to take his own time for eating, and sent him from his kitchen what he liked best.
