Esther 1:13
“Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then the king said to the wise men that knew the times,.... Astrologers, as Aben Ezra, that knew the fit time for doing…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Wise men ... - Not “astrologers,” who were unknown in Persia; but rather men of practical wisdom, who knew the facts and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Esther 1:10-22
We have here a damp to all the mirth of Ahasuerus's feast; it ended in heaviness, not as Job's children's feast by a…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the wise men, which knew the times The expression includes two classes of functionaries, (a) the astronomers and…
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