In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the King's Gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two eunuchs who guarded the king's entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. People Abihail, Ahasuerus, Benjamin, Bigthan, Bigthana, Esther, Hadassah, Hegai, Hege, Jair, Jeconiah, Jehoiachin, Kish, Mordecai, Nebuchadnezzar, Shaashgaz, Shimei, Teresh, VashtiPlaces Babylon, Jerusalem, Media, SusaTopics Ahasuerus, Ahasu-e'rus, Angry, Assassinate, Attack, Bigthan, Bigthana, Chamberlains, Chance, Conspired, Door, Doorkeepers, Doorway, Eunuchs, Forth, Gate, Guarded, Hands, Keepers, Kept, King's, Lay, Mordecai, Mor'decai, Officers, Officials, Sat, Seated, Seek, Servants, Sitting, Sought, Teresh, Threshold, Wroth, XerxesOutline 1. Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen.5. Mordecai the nursing father of Esther.8. Esther preferred before the rest.12. The manner of purification, and going in to the king.15. Esther, best pleasing the king, is made queen.21. Mordecai, discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles.Jump to Previous Ahasuerus Angry Chamberlains Door Doorkeepers Eunuchs Gate Guarded Hands Kept King's Lay Mordecai Mor'decai Officials Sat Sitting Sought Teresh WrothJump to Next Ahasuerus Angry Chamberlains Door Doorkeepers Eunuchs Gate Guarded Hands Kept King's Lay Mordecai Mor'decai Officials Sat Sitting Sought Teresh WrothLibrary Adoption
'As many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.' John 1:12. Having spoken of the great points of faith and justification, we come next to adoption. The qualification of the persons is, As many as received him.' Receiving is put for believing, as is clear by the last words, to them that believe in his name.' The specification of the privilege is, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.' The Greek word for power, exousia, signifies …
Thomas Watson—A Body of DivinityEsther
The spirit of the book of Esther is anything but attractive. It is never quoted or referred to by Jesus or His apostles, and it is a satisfaction to think that in very early times, and even among Jewish scholars, its right to a place in the canon was hotly contested. Its aggressive fanaticism and fierce hatred of all that lay outside of Judaism were felt by the finer spirits to be false to the more generous instincts that lay at the heart of the Hebrew religion; but by virtue of its very intensity …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Parallel Verses NASB: In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's officials from those who guarded the door, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.KJV: In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
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