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The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 2:17-20

Esther 2:17-20So that he set the royal crown upon her head.The elevation of womanGloss it as you may, this is not pleasant reading, and yet not unprofitable, having much to say to us, and especially to women, of what we owe to Christianity for the elevation of woman. Telling of a despot and sensualist, and how he claimed his country’s fairest beauty for his insatiate pleasure. But it is purely told us. It can be read without dulling the conscience or staining the imagination. What nation of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 2:20

Esther 2:20For Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.Repaying parental kindnessThen I would say that there is a lesson here for the young. How can they repay in any measure--for fully they can never repay--the tenderness of their godly parents to them in their youth, and the anxiety which has been felt on their account as they advanced toward maturity? In one way only--by endeavouring to pursue the path which leads to present respectability and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 2:21

Esther 2:21Two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh . . . sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.TraitorsBesides flatterers, despots are apt to have traitors and assassins about them, such as Bigthan and Teresh. Mordecai detected their villainy, and no doubt ran considerable risk in exposing it. But he was not one of those who are honest only when honesty appears to them to be the best policy; he did the right because it was the right, faithfully and fearlessly. (A. M.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:12

Est 2:12 Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with [other] things for the purifying of the women;) Ver. 12. Now when every maid’s turn was come] Their turns then they took, and held it their happiness to lose that which was their honour. See 1 Thessalonians... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:13

Est 2:13 Then thus came [every] maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house. Ver. 13. Then thus came every maiden to the king ] Thus prepared, anointed, appointed, &c., rejoicing in that whereof they had reason rather to repent, as too many do now-a-days, while they go dancing to hell in their bolts. Whatsoever she desired was given her ] Omne quod dicebat, was but ask and have; so lavish is lust, and so... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:14

Est 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. Ver. 14. In the evening she went ] As the fittest time for a work of darkness. And on the morrow she returned ] So short is the pleasure of sin. Laura venire Venus, tristis abire solet. Into the second house of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:15

Est 2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. Ver. 15. Now when the turn of Esther, &c. ] Then, and not till then. So when Joseph was sufficiently humbled, the king sent and loosed him; the ruler of the people let... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:16

Est 2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. Ver. 16. So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus ] And so that sweet promise was fulfilled and exemplified in her: "Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold," Psalms 68:13 . God raised up this poor orphan, this despicable exile out of the dust, and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:17

Est 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. Ver. 17. And the king loved Esther ] This was the Lord’s own work, who regarded the low estate of his handmaid, Luke 1:48 , and framed the king’s heart to affect her. Let all such maids as desire loving husbands, and all such wives as would have their husbands loyal and loving to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:18

Est 2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, [even] Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. Ver. 18. Then the king made a great feast ] Feasts are never more in season than at the recovery of the lost rib. See Trapp on " Gen 29:22 " Unto all his princes and his servants ] So did Mauritius, the emperor of Greece, when he married Constantina (Niceph. 1. 18, c. 8), and Henry III, emperor of... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 2:17-20

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 2:20

The Biblical Illustrator - Esther 2:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:15

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Esther 2:18

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