Esther 1:1
1 Ahasuerus makes royal feasts.10 Vashti, sent for, refuses to come.13 Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, and makes the decree of men's sovereignty. Ahasuerus.Prideaux has shewn satisfactorily that Ahasuerus was the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks, agreeably to the Septuagint and Josephus. See note on Ezr 6:14. Ezr 4:6; Da 9:1from India.8:9; Isa 18:1; 37:9an hundred.Da 6:1 Esther 1:22
into every province.3:12; 8:9; Da 3:29; 4:1that every man.Both the law of God and common sense taught this from the foundation of the world; and this parade of enactment was only to deprive Vashti of her crown. Eph 5:22-24; 1Ti 2:12; Tit 2:4,5it should, etc. Heb. one should publish it according to thelanguage of his country. 3:12according.Lu 16:8; Ac 2:5-11; 1Co 14:19,20 Esther 3:12-13
Then were.8:9-17scribes. or, secretaries. according.1:22; 8:9; 9:27in the name.1Ki 21:8; Da 6:8,12,15sealed.8:2,8,10 by posts.8:10,14; 2Ch 30:6; Job 9:25; Jer 51:31; Ro 3:15both young.1Sa 15:3; 22:19in one day.8:12-14; Jas 2:13the spoil.8:11; 9:10; Isa 10:6 Daniel 6:1
1 Daniel is made chief of the presidents.4 They, conspiring against him, obtain an idolatrous decree.10 Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the lion's den.18 Daniel is saved;24 his adversaries devoured;25 and God magnified by a decree. Darius.5:31; 1Pe 2:14an.Ex 18:21,22; Es 1:1
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