Esther 6:1-10
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.
Bigthana <0904> [Bigthana.]
[Bigthan. door. Heb. threshold.]
honor <03366> [What honour.]
thing <01697> [There is nothing.]
courtyard ......... courtyard <02691> [Who is in the court.]
outer <02435> [the outward.]
said <0559> [to speak.]
king .............. king .............. king <04428> [whom the king, etc. Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth.]
king .............. king .............. king <04428> [To whom.]
king ....... king <04428> [whom the king, etc. Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth.]
royal ...................... royal <04438> [Let the royal, etc. Heb. Let them bring the royal apparel, wherewith the king clotheth himself.]
horse <05483> [the horse.]
Herodotus relates, that the kings of Persia had horses peculiar to themselves, which were brought from Armenia, and were remarkable for their beauty; and if the same law prevailed in Persia as in Judea, no man, under the penalty of death, might ride on the king's horse, any more than sit on his throne, wear his crown, or hold his sceptre.
horse .......................... lead ............ horse <07392 05483> [bring him. Heb. cause him to ride. proclaim.]
quickly <04116> [Make haste.]
single thing <01697 05307> [let nothing fail. Heb. suffer not a whit to fall.]
