Esther 7:1

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:1-6 If the love of life causes earnest pleadings with those that can only kill the body, how fervent should our prayers be to Him, who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell! How should we pray for the salvation of our relatives, friends, and all around us! When we petition great men, we must be cautious not to give them offence; even just complaints must often be kept back. But when we approach the King of kings with reverence, we cannot ask or expect too much. Though nothing but wrath be our due, God is able and willing to do exceeding abundantly, even beyond all we can ask or think.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is quite consonant with Oriental notions that Mordecai, after receiving the extraordinary honors assigned him, should return to the palace and resume his former humble employment.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 7

Es 7:1-6. Esther Pleads for Her Own Life and the Life of Her People.Esther maketh a petition for her own and her people’s life, Esther 7:1-4. She accuseth Haman, who had determined to destroy the Jews, Esther 7:5,6. Haman is afraid, Esther 7:6. The king in his anger, Esther 7:7,8, being informed of the gallows which Haman had built for Mordecai, causeth him to be hanged thereon, Esther 7:9,10.

No text from Poole on this verse.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. Or, "to drink with her" (e), that is, wine; for in the next verse it is called a banquet of wine; so they did according to the invitation the queen had given them, Esther 5:8.

(e) "ut biberent", V. L. Tigurine version; "ad bibendum", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, Vatablus.

Geneva Study Bible

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 1. - The king and Haman came to banquet (marg. drink). In Persian feasts the solid dishes were few, and the time was mainly passed in drinking and eating dessert (Herod., 1:133). Esther 7:1

Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

The king and Haman came to drink (לשׁתּות), i.e., to partake of the משׁתּה, in the queen's apartment.