Esther 1:16
“And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes,.... Who was the last, and perhaps the least and the youngest of…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Vashti - hath not done wrong to the king only - This reasoning or arguing was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not…
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
And Memucan answered From the terms of his answer it is evident that there was no existing law in Persia which would…