Esther 1:19
“If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him,.... Not only a proclamation made, but a law enacted…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
That it be not altered - Compare the margin reference. This was the theory. Practically, the monarch, if he chose, could…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
That it be not altered - Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and made a part of the constitution of the empire.…
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
If it please the king a standing formula in proposing royal decrees. So often in this book: cp. Neh 2:5.
a royal…
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