Esther 3:2-6
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. 2:19,21bowed.Ge 41:43; Php 2:10bowed 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 39:10that they told.Da 3:8,9; 6:13he had told.Ezr 1:3; Da 3:12,16-18,23-30; 6:20-28; Jon 1:9 that Mordecai.2; 5:9full 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 12:12Esther 8:5
and, if I.7:3; Ex 33:13,16; 1Sa 20:29I be pleasing.2:4,17letters. Heb. device.3:12,13which he wrote. or, who wrote.
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