Esther 6:8 - Exposition

Let the royal apparel be brought . To wear a dress previously worn by the king was, under ordinary circumstances, a breach of Persian law (Plut; 'Vit. Artax.,' 5); but the king might allow it (Herod; 7.17) or condone it (Plut; 1. s.c.). The horse that the king rideth upon . Rather, "a horse that the king hath ridden." And the crown royal which is set upon his head . Rather, "and that hath a crown royal set on his head." Some peculiar ornament by which the royal steed was made conspicuous is intended, not his own crown, which even Xerxes would scarcely have allowed another to wear. See Esther 6:9 and Esther 6:11 , where the dress and the horse are referred to, but the crown, as an adjunct of the horse, not particularised.