Est 6:13, 9:5, Psa 83:4-11, 122:6, Isa 10:12, 37:22, 28-29, 35 | TSK | STEP | Zeresh. said his wise. If Mordecai. but shalt surely.

Esther 6:13

Zeresh.

5:10-14

said his wise.

Ge 41:8; Da 2:12

If Mordecai.

Ge 40:19; 1Sa 28:19,20; Job 15:24; Da 5:26-28; Zec 12:2,3

but shalt surely.

Job 16:2; Pr 28:18; Ho 14:9

Esther 9:5

smote.

Ps 18:34-40,47,48; 20:7,8; 149:6-9; 2Th 1:6

the stroke.

Jer 18:21

what they would. Heb. according to their will.The Chaldee paraphrast says that none appeared against the Jews but Amalekites only, who were infatuated, and had their hearts hardened, as Pharaoh's against Israel, to take up arms to their own destruction. Some had such an inveterate, implacable malice against the Jews, that Haman's fall and Mordecai's advancement, instead of convincing, seemed only to exasperate them the more. How have the most dreadful scourges ravaged a country, and yet the inhabitants are unmindful of the Almighty Disposer of events, and that the cause of his righteous displeasure is their continual provocation! Forty years long was he grieved with one generation, who learned not his ways, although daily fed and clothed by a miracle.

Psalms 83:4-11

Ex 1:10; Es 3:6-9; Pr 1:12; Jer 11:19; 31:36; Da 7:25; Mt 27:62-66

Ac 4:17; 9:1,2

For.

2:2; Pr 21:30; Isa 7:5-7; 8:9,10; Joh 11:47-53; Ac 23:12,13

Re 17:13; 19:19

consent. Heb. heart. they are.

Jos 10:3-5; 2Sa 10:6-8; Isa 7:2

The tabernacles.Tents are mentioned because it was the custom of these people, particularly the Ishmaelites, to live a migratory or wandering life; encamping sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, as they found convenience for themselves and cattle; a custom retained by their descendants to the present day.

Edom.

2Ch 20:1,10,11

Hagarenes.

Ge 25:12-18; 1Ch 5:10,19,20

Hagarites.

Gebal.

Jos 13:5; Eze 27:9

Assur.Assur is the same in the original as Asshur, or Assyria.

Ge 10:11

Asshur.

Ge 25:3

holpen. Heb. been an arm to.