Est 3:1-6, Psa 37:1, 7, 49:5, Pro 28:12 | TSK | STEP | Haman, advanced by the king, and despised by Mordecai, seeks revenge upon all the Jews. He casts lots. He obtains by calumniation a decree of the king to put the Jews to death. A.M. 3551. B.C. 453. promote Haman. Agagite. above all the princes.

Esther 3:1-6

1 Haman, advanced by the king, and despised by Mordecai, seeks revenge upon all the Jews.

7 He casts lots.

8 He obtains by calumniation a decree of the king to put the Jews to death.

A.M. 3551. B.C. 453. promote Haman.

7:6; Ps 12:8; Pr 29:2

Agagite.

Nu 24:7; 1Sa 15:8,33

above all the princes.

1:14; Ge 41:40,55; Ezr 7:14; Da 6:2

the king's servants.Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions." These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them.

2:19,21

bowed.

Ge 41:43; Php 2:10

bowed not.{Yichrâ welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated himself," or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration.

1,5; Ex 17:14,16; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3; Ps 15:4

Why.

2; Ex 1:17; Mt 15:2,3

when they spake.

Ge 39:10

that they told.

Da 3:8,9; 6:13

he had told.

Ezr 1:3; Da 3:12,16-18,23-30; 6:20-28; Jon 1:9

that Mordecai.

2; 5:9

full of wrath.

1:12; Ge 4:5,6; Job 5:2; Pr 12:16; 19:19; 21:24; 27:3,4; Da 3:19

sought.

Ps 83:4; Re 12:12

Psalms 37:1

1 David persuades to patience and confidence in God, by the different estate of the godly and the wicked.

(Title.)This is the third alphabetical Psalm. It seems to have been intended as an instructive and consoling ode for the captives in Babylon, who might feel themselves severely tempted when they saw those idolaters in prosperity, and themselves in adversity.

Fret.

7; 1Sa 1:6-8; Pr 19:3; 24:1,19

neither.

73:3; Pr 3:31; 23:17; Ga 5:21; Jas 4:5,6