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 # 9
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 * ten sons.
 # 5:11 Ex 20:5 Job 18:18,19 27:13-15 Ps 21:10 109:12,13
 * enemy.
 # 3:1 7:4,6 Ex 17:16
 * but on the spoil.
   It does not appear that the Jews slew any person who did not
   rise up to destroy them:  they stood for their lives; and gave
   full proof that they sought their own personal safety, and not
   the property of their enemies:  though the decree in their
   favour gave them authority to take the property of all their
   adversaries.

 # 15,16
 # 8:11 Ge 14:23 Ro 12:17 Php 4:8
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 * was brought.  Heb. came.
 # 11
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 * what is thy petition.
 # 5:6 7:2
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 * If it please the king.
   Esther had probably been informed by Mordecai, that there were
   still many enemies of the Jews who sought their destruction,
   who had escaped the preceding day; and therefore begged that
   the second day might be added to the former permission; and
   that the sons of Haman, who had already been slain, might be
   suspended on gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the
   destruction of the Jews.

 * according unto.
 # 8:11
 * let Haman's ten sons be hanged.  Heb. let men hang Haman's
   ten sons.
 # De 21:23 2Sa 21:6,9 Ga 3:13
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 # 14
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 * gathered themselves.
 # 2,13 8:11 Ps 118:7-12
 * but on the prey.
 # 10,16 1Th 5:22 Heb 13:5
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 * gathered themselves.
 # 2
 # 8:11
 * stood.
 # 8:11 Le 26:7,8
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 * of the same.  Heb. in it.
 # 1,18,21 3:12 8:9
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 * on the thirteenth.
 # 1,11,13,15
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 * gladness.
 # 22 8:17 De 16:11,14 Ne 8:10-12 Ps 118:11-16 Lu 11:41 Re 11:10
 * sending portions.
   The eastern princes and people not only invite their friends
   to feasts, but it is their custom to send a portion of the
   banquet to those that cannot well attend, especially their
   relations, and those in a state of mourning.  Thus, when the
   Grand Emir found that it incommoded M. D'Arvieux to eat with
   him, he desired him to take his own time for eating, and sent
   him from his kitchen what he liked best.
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 * Mordecai.
   That is, as the words imply, the history contained in this
   book; and not merely the letters afterwards mentioned, as some
   understand it.

 * wrote these.
 # Ex 17:14 De 31:19-22 1Ch 16:12 Ps 124:1-3 145:4-12
 # 2Co 1:10,11
 * in all the provinces.
 # 1:1,22 3:12 8:9
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 # 21
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 * the days.
 # 3:12,13 Ex 13:3-8 Ps 103:2 Isa 12:1,2 14:3
 * from sorrow.
 # Ps 30:11 Mt 5:4 Joh 16:20-22
 * sending portions.
 # 19 Ne 8:10-12 Lu 11:41 Ac 2:44-46 Ga 2:10
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 # 23
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 * the enemy.
 # 10 3:5-13
 * Pur.
   The word {pur} seems to be derived either from the Persian
   {bahr} and {bar,} a part, portion, lot, or {pari,} any thing
   which happens fortuitously or fortunately; whence the annual
   festival in commemoration of the wonderful deliverance of the
   Jews from their enemies was called Purim, or in Arabic and
   Persian, {Fuhr,} or {Lots;} which has been observed by them,
   in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the
   present time, without any interruption.

 # 3:7
 * consume.  Heb. crush.
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 * when Esther came.  Heb. when she came.
 # 13,14 7:5-10 8:1-14
 * return.
 # Ps 7:16 109:17,18 140:9 141:10 Mt 21:44
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 * they called.
 # Nu 16:40 Eze 39:11
 * Pur.  that is, Lot.  letter.
 # 20
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 * and upon their seed.
 # De 5:3 29:14,15 Jos 9:15 1Sa 30:25 2Sa 21:1,2
 * all such.
 # 8:17 Isa 56:3,6 Zec 2:11 8:23
 * fail.  Heb. pass.
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 * remembered.
 # Ex 12:17 Ps 78:5-7 103:2
 * fail.  Heb. pass.  the memorial.
 # Ex 13:8,9 Jos 4:7 Zec 6:14
 * perish from their seed.  Heb. be ended from their seed.
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 * the daughter of Abihail.
 # 3:15
 * authority.  Heb. strength.  confirm.
 # 20 8:10
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 * the hundred.
 # 1:1 8:9
 * words of peace.
 # Isa 39:8 Zec 8:19
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 * themselves.  Heb. their souls.  and for their seed.
 # 27
 * the fastings.
 # 4:3,16 Jon 3:2-9
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 # 32
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  1  Ahasuerus' greatness.
  3  Mordecai's advancement.

 * laid a tribute.
 # 1:1 8:9 Lu 2:1
 * the isles.
 # Ge 10:5 Ps 72:10 Isa 24:15 Da 11:18
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 * all the acts.
 # 1Ki 11:41 22:39
 * advanced him.  Heb. made him great.
 # 8:15 9:4 Ps 18:35 Da 2:48
 * in the book.
 # 2:23 6:1 1Ki 14:19
 * Media.
   Media, which comprehended the modern Azerbijan and part of
   Irak, was a celebrated country of Asia, bounded on the north
   by the Caspian Sea and Armenia, west by Assyria, south by
   Susiana and Persia, and east by Hyrcania and Parthia,
   extending from 30 degrees to 37 degrees N. lat. and 45 degrees
   to 53 degrees E. long.

 * Persia.
   Persia Proper, now Fars, was but a small province, being
   bounded on the north by Media, west by Susiana, south by the
   Persian Gulf, and east by Caramania, extending from 27 degrees
   to 33 degrees N. lat. and 50 degrees to 55 degrees E. long.
   But the Persian empire in its ancient state extended from the
   Hellespont to the Indus, above 2,800 miles, and from Pontus to
   the shores of Arabia, above 2,000 miles; comprehending a
   multitude of various nations.
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 * next unto king.
 # Ge 41:44 1Sa 23:17 2Ch 28:7 Da 5:16,29
 * accepted.
 # 3:2 Ro 14:18
 * seeking.
 # Ne 2:10 Ps 122:6-9 Ro 9:2,3 10:1



                  REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF ESTHER.

 This Book, which derives its name from the person whose history
 it chiefly relates, is termed in Hebrew,
 [megillâh <\\See definition 04039\\>
 'Ectêr <\\See definition 0635\\>,] megillath Esther, "the volume
 of Esther."  Concerning its author there are various opinions:
 some attribute it to Ezra; some to Joachim, the son of Joshua
 the high priest; others to the men of the great synagogue; and
 others to Mordecai, which seems the most probable opinion.  The
 events here related probably refer to the time of Artaxerxes
 Longimanus, who, according to Prideaux, was the Ahasuerus of
 Esther, agreeably to Josephus, (Ant. 1 xi. c.  6,) the
 Septuagint version, and the apocryphal additions to this book.
 The history, therefore, comes in between the sixth and seventh
 chapters of Ezra, commencing about A.M. 3540, and continuing
 through a period of twelve years:  it relates the royal feast of
 Ahasuerus; the disgrace of Vashti, (ch. 1:;) the elevation of
 Esther to the Persian throne; the essential service rendered to
 the king by Mordecai, in detecting a plot against his life, (ch.
 2:;) the promotion of Haman, and his purposed destruction of the
 Jews, (ch. 3:;) the consequent affliction of the Jews, and the
 measures pursued by them, (ch. 4:;) the defeat of Haman's plot,
 through the instrumentality of Esther, against Mordecai, (ch.
 5:-7:;) and also the defeat of his general plot against the
 Jews, (ch. 8:; 9:1-15;) the institution of the feast of Purim to
 commemorate this deliverance, (ch. 9:16-32;) and the advancement
 of Mordecai, (ch. 10:;) and though some Christians have
 hesitated to receive this book into the sacred canon, yet it has
 always been received by the Jews, not only as perfectly
 authentic, but also as one of the most excellent of their sacred
 books.  That it is a genuine and faithful description of a real
 fact, the observation of the feast of Purim, to the present day,
 is a sufficient evidence; since it is impossible, and in fact
 inconceivable, that a nation should institute, and afterwards
 continue to celebrate without interruption, through every
 generation of that people, in a long succession of ages, in
 whatever places they may have sojourned, this solemn annual
 festival, merely because one of their nation had written an
 agreeable fable or romance.  It has been remarked, as an
 objection to this book, that the name of God no where occurs in
 it:  His superintending providence, however, is frequently
 illustrated.  It is shewn, indeed, in every part of the work;
 disconcerting evil designs, and producing great events, by means
 seemingly inadequate.  It also presents an interesting
 description of mortified pride, and of malice baffled to the
 destruction of its possessors; and exhibits a very lively
 representation of the vexations and troubles, the anxieties,
 treachery, and dissimulation of a corrupt court.
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  1  The holiness, riches, and religious care of Job for his
     children.
  6  Satan, appearing before God, by calumniation obtains leave
     to afflict Job.
 13  Understanding of the loss of his children and goods, in his
     mourning he blesses God.

 * Uz.
 # Ge 10:23 22:20,21
 * Huz.
 # Ge 36:28 1Ch 1:17,42 Jer 25:20 La 4:21
 * Job.
 # Eze 14:14,20 Jas 5:11
 * perfect.
 # 8 2:3 23:11,12 31:1-40 Ge 6:9 17:1 2Ki 20:3 2Ch 31:20,21
 # Lu 1:6
 * one.
 # Ge 22:12 Pr 8:13 16:6 1Pe 3:11
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 * seven sons.
 # 13:13 Es 5:11 Ps 107:38 127:3-5 128:3
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 * substance.  or, cattle.
 # Ge 12:5 13:6 34:23 2Ch 32:29
 * seven.
 # 42:12 Ge 12:16 Nu 31:32-34 Jud 6:5 1Sa 25:2 2Ki 3:4 Pr 10:22
 * household.  or, husbandry.
 # 2Ch 26:10
 * greatest.
 # 29:9,10,25
 * men.  Heb. sons.
 # Jud 6:3 7:12 8:10 1Ki 4:30
 * of the east.
 # Ge 25:6 29:1 Nu 23:7
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 * sent and called.
 # Ps 133:1 Heb 13:1
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 * sanctified.
 # 41:25 Ge 35:2,3 Ex 19:10 1Sa 16:5 Ne 12:30 Joh 11:55
 * rose up.
 # Ge 22:3 Ps 5:3 Ec 9:10
 * offered.
 # 42:8 Ge 8:20 Ex 18:12 24:5 Le 1:3-6
 * according.
 # 1Ki 18:31 Ac 21:26
 * It may be.
 # 2Co 11:2
 * cursed.
 # 11 2:9 Le 24:10-16 1Ki 21:10,13
 * in their hearts.
 # Ge 6:5 Jer 4:14 17:9,10 Mr 7:21-23 Ac 8:22 1Co 4:5
 * Thus.
 # 27:10
 * continually.  Heb. all the days.
 # Lu 1:75 18:7 Eph 6:18
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 * Now.
 # 2:1
 * the sons.
 # 38:7 Da 3:25 Lu 3:38
 * came to.
 # Ps 103:20 Mt 18:10
 * Satan.  Heb. the adversary.
 # 1Ki 22:19 1Ch 21:1 Zec 3:1 Re 12:9,10
 * came also.
 # Joh 6:70
 * among them.  Heb. in the midst of them.
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 * Whence.
 # 2:2 2Ki 5:25
 * From going.
 # Zec 1:10,11 6:7 Mt 12:43 1Pe 5:8 Re 12:9,12-17 20:8
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 * considered.  Heb. set thy heart on.
 # 2:3 34:14 Eze 40:4
 * my servant.
 # Nu 12:7,8 Ps 89:20 Isa 42:1
 * none.
 # Nu 12:3 1Ki 4:30,31 2Ki 23:25
 * a perfect.
 # 1 8:20 9:22,23 Ps 18:23 Joh 1:47
 * upright.
 # 12:4 17:8,9 23:11,12 Ps 84:11
 * one.
 # Ne 5:15 Ps 36:1 Pr 8:13 Lu 23:39,40
 * escheweth.
 # Ps 34:14 37:27 Isa 1:16
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 * Doth Job.
 # 21 2:10 21:14,15 Mal 1:10 Mt 16:26 1Ti 4:8 6:6
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 * an hedge.
 # Ge 15:1 De 33:27 1Sa 25:16 Ps 5:12 34:7 80:12 Isa 5:2,5
 # Zec 2:5,8 1Pe 1:5
 * about.
 # Ge 39:5 De 28:2-6 Ps 71:21 128:1-4
 * thou hast blessed.
 # 42:12 Ge 26:12 30:30 49:25 De 7:13 33:11 Ps 90:17 107:38
 # Pr 10:22
 * substance.  or, cattle.
 # Ge 30:43
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 * But put.
 # 12 2:5 Isa 5:25
 * touch.
 # 4:5 19:21 Ge 26:11 Ps 105:15 Zec 2:8
 * and he will curse thee.  Heb. if he curse thee not.
 # 5,21 2:9 Isa 8:21 Mal 3:13,14 Re 16:9,11,21
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 * Behold.
 # 1Ki 22:23 Lu 8:32 22:31,32 Joh 19:11 2Co 12:7
 * power.  Heb. hand.
 # Ge 16:6 Jer 38:5 Joh 3:35,36
 * only.
 # 2:4-6 Ps 76:10 Isa 27:8 1Co 10:13
 * So Satan.
 # 2:7 Lu 8:33
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 * when.
 # 4 Pr 27:1 Ec 9:12 Lu 12:19,20 17:27-29 21:34
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 * messenger.
 # 1Sa 4:17 2Sa 15:13 Jer 51:31
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 * Sabeans.
 # Ge 10:7,28 25:3 Ps 72:10 Isa 45:14 Eze 23:42 Joe 3:8
 * and I only.
 # 16,17,19 1Sa 22:20,21
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 * there came.
 # Ge 19:24 Le 9:24 1Ki 18:38 2Ki 1:10,12,14 Am 7:4 Re 13:13
 * The fire of God.  or, A great fire.
 # Ex 9:28 1Sa 14:15 *marg:
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 * The Chaldeans.
 # Ge 11:28 Isa 23:13 Hab 1:6
 * fell.  Heb. rushed.  I only am.
 # 15 2Sa 1:3
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 * there came.
 # 6:2,3 16:14 19:9,10 23:2 Isa 28:19 Jer 51:31 La 1:12
 # Am 4:6-11
 * Thy sons.
 # 4,13 8:4 27:14 Ps 34:19 Ec 9:2
 * eating.
 # 2Sa 13:28
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 * a great.
 # Jer 4:11,12 Eph 2:2
 * from.  Heb. from aside, etc.  it fell.
 # Jud 16:30 1Ki 20:30 Mt 7:27 Lu 13:1-5 Ac 28:4
 * they are dead.
 # Ge 37:32,33 42:36 2Sa 18:33
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 * rent.
 # Ge 37:29,34 Ezr 9:3
 * mantle.  or robe.  fell.
 # De 9:18 2Sa 12:16-20 2Ch 7:3 Mt 26:39 1Pe 5:6
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 * Naked came.
 # Ge 3:19 Ps 49:17 Ec 5:15 12:7 1Ti 6:7
 * the Lord gave.
 # 2:10 Ge 30:2 Ec 5:19 La 3:38 Jas 1:17
 * taken away.
 # Ge 45:5 2Sa 16:12 1Ki 12:15 Ps 39:9 Isa 42:24 45:7 Am 3:6
 # Mt 20:15 Ac 4:28
 * blessed.
 # 11 1Sa 3:18 2Ki 20:19 Ps 34:1 89:38-52 Isa 24:15 Eph 5:20
 # 1Th 5:18
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 * In all this.
 # 2:10 Jas 1:4,12 1Pe 1:7
 * charged God foolishly.   or, attributed folly to God.
 # 34:10,18,19 40:4-8 Ro 9:20