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Matthew Henry on Esther 2:1-20Esther 2:1-20 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryWe see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them back to the original ins…Esther's Advancement; Esther Chosen Queen. (b. c. 514.)Esther 2:1-20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleESTHER'S ADVANCEMENT; ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN. (B. C. 514.) How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he exalted one of low degree, as the virgin M…The Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1-4Esther 2:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryEvil counsel overruled. When a king takes counsel of flatterers and favourites, it bodes no good either to himself or to his people. Such parasites think only how they may make their masters' vices the stepping-stones t…The Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1Esther 2:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryMemory's visitation. The interval here indicated cannot be measured exactly. It is not important, or probably it would have been stated. But some things respecting it are worthy of note: that time is measurable by what…The Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1-4Esther 2:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryVain regrets. We observe here— I. AN ABIDING MEMORY. The past cannot be wholly shut out from the present. The power of memory cleaves to the soul. The king "remembered Vashti." Time, which had appeased his wrath, had no…The Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1-18Esther 2:1-18 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS, AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI'S PLACE (Esther 2:1-18). Vashti having ceased to be queen, Ahasuerus appears to have been in no haste to assign her dignity to any one els…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Esther 2:1-20We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them back to the original ins…Matthew HenrycommentaryEsther's Advancement; Esther Chosen Queen. (b. c. 514.)ESTHER'S ADVANCEMENT; ESTHER CHOSEN QUEEN. (B. C. 514.) How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he exalted one of low degree, as the virgin M…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1-18EXPOSITION THE QUEST FOR MAIDENS, AND THE CHOICE OF ESTHER TO BE QUEEN IN VASHTI'S PLACE (Esther 2:1-18). Vashti having ceased to be queen, Ahasuerus appears to have been in no haste to assign her dignity to any one els…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1Memory's visitation. The interval here indicated cannot be measured exactly. It is not important, or probably it would have been stated. But some things respecting it are worthy of note: that time is measurable by what…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1-4Evil counsel overruled. When a king takes counsel of flatterers and favourites, it bodes no good either to himself or to his people. Such parasites think only how they may make their masters' vices the stepping-stones t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1After these things. Probably not very long after. Between the great assembly held in Susa in Xerxes' third year, b.c. 483, and his departure for Greece, b.c. 481, was a period of about two years, or a little more. The a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:1-4Vain regrets. We observe here— I. AN ABIDING MEMORY. The past cannot be wholly shut out from the present. The power of memory cleaves to the soul. The king "remembered Vashti." Time, which had appeased his wrath, had no…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Esther 2:2The king's servants that ministered unto him. i.e. the great officers of the court, eunuchs and others, who had been more or less concerned in the disgrace of Vashti. Fair young virgins. Or, "young virgins fair to look…Joseph S. Exell and contributors