2Ch 22:4-5, Est 1:16-21, 2:2-4, Pro 12:5, Isa 19:11-13, Dan 6:7 | TSK | STEP

2 Chronicles 22:4-5

they were his.

24:17,18; Pr 1:10; 12:5; 13:20; 19:27

He walked.

Ps 1:1; Mic 6:16

went with.

2Ki 8:28,29-9:13

Ramoth-gilead.

18:3,31; 19:2; 1Ki 22:3; Da 5:22

Esther 1:16-21

Vashti.This reasoning was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not generally disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no precedent for the general conduct of the Persian women. She disobeyed only in one particular; and this, to serve a purpose, Memucan draws into a general consequence: and the rest came into the conclusion, being either too intoxicated to be able to discern right from wrong, or too intent on reducing women to a state of vassalage, to neglect the present favourable opportunity.

done wrong.

Ac 18:14; 25:10; 1Co 6:7,8

despise.

2Sa 6:16; Eph 5:33

the ladies.{Saroth,} the princesses: but the meaning is well expressed by our term ladies.

Jud 5:29; 1Ki 11:3

it please the king. Heb. it be good with the king.

21; 3:9; 8:5

from him. Heb. from before him. it be not altered. Heb. itpass not away.

8:8; Da 6:8-15,17Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."

another. Heb. her companion. that is better.

1Sa 15:28; 1Ki 3:28

throughout.

De 17:13; 21:21

all the wives.

Eph 5:33; Col 3:18; 1Pe 3:1-7

pleased the king. Heb. was good in the eyes of the king.

19; 2:4; Ge 41:37

Esther 2:2-4

king's servants.

1:10,14; 6:14

Let there be.

Ge 12:14; 1Ki 1:2

in all the provinces.

1:1,2

that they may gather.This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.

the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.

Hegai. the king's chamberlain.{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

their things.

12-14; Isa 3:18-23

let the maiden.

Mt 20:16; 22:14

the thing.

1:21; 3:9,10; 2Sa 13:4-6; 16:21-23; 17:4; Mt 14:6