Esther 1:20
“And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire,.... As it was proper it…
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
decree Heb. pithgam, a loan-word from Old Persian patigâma(patigam, to come to, arrive). It occurs in its Aramaic form…
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