Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
on the.
Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and …
Matthew 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third …
royal.
Esther 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to …
Esther 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel …
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you …
Matthew 11:8 But what went you out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? …
1 Peter 3:3-5 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the …
inner.
Esther 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, …
Esther 6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the …
sat.
1 Kings 10:18-20 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with …
Luke 22:30 That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on …
Revelation 3:21 To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even …
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
she.
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: …
Nehemiah 1:11 O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer …
Psalm 116:1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: …
Acts 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor …
Acts 10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? …
golden sceptre.
Esther 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, …
Esther 8:4 Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther …
Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
What.
Esther 5:6 And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your …
Esther 7:2 And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet …
Esther 9:12 And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed …
1 Kings 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say …
1 Kings 3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God …
Matthew 20:20-22 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping …
Luke 18:41 Saying, What will you that I shall do to you? And he said, Lord, …
to.
Esther 5:6 And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your …
Mark 6:23 And he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give it …
And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
If it seem.
Esther 5:8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please …
Proverbs 29:11 A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.
the banquet. Mishteh, from shathah, 'to drink,' a compotation, feast, or banquet accompanied with drinking; the drinking in the East being at the beginning, and not at the end of the entertainment. Olearius, describing an entertainment at the Persian court, says, 'The floor of the hall was covered with cotton cloth, which was covered with all sorts of fruits and sweetmeats in basons of gold. With them was served up excellent Shiraz wine. After an hour's time, the sweetmeats were removed, to make way for the more substantial part of the entertainment, such as rice, boiled and roast mutton, etc. When the company had been at table an hour and a half, warm water was brought, in a ewer of gold, for washing; and grace being said, they began to retire without speaking a word, according to the custom of the country.'
Esther 5:8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please …
Esther 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and …
Genesis 27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, …
Genesis 32:20 And say you moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For …
Psalm 112:5 A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, be not children in understanding: however, in malice be …
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
joyful.
Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite …
Amos 6:12,13 Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for …
Luke 6:25 Woe to you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh …
John 16:20 Truly, truly, I say to you, That you shall weep and lament, but the …
James 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to …
he stood not up.
Esther 3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, …
Psalm 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honors them that …
Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul…
he was full.
Esther 3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, …
1 Kings 21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the …
Job 31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! …
Psalm 27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: …
Daniel 3:13,16-19 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, …
Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding …
Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they …
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
the glory.
Esther 1:4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of …
Genesis 31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away …
Job 31:24,25 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are …
Psalm 49:6,16,17 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude …
Isaiah 10:8 For he said, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Jeremiah 9:23,24 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither …
Daniel 4:30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have …
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answers …
Luke 12:19,20 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for …
1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, …
the multitude.
Esther 9:7-10,12,13 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha…
Job 27:14,15 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring …
Hosea 9:13,14 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim …
and how he had.
Esther 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha …
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
Yea, Esther. Plutarch, in his life of Artaxerxes, informs us, that none but the king's mother, and his real wife, were permitted to sit at his table; and therefore he mentions it as a condescension in that prince, that he sometimes invited his brothers. Haman, therefore, had some reason to be proud of this favour.
to-morrow.
Job 8:12,13 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it wither before …
Job 20:5-8 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite …
Psalm 37:35,36 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like …
Proverbs 7:22,23 He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or …
Proverbs 27:1 Boast not yourself of to morrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
Luke 21:34,35 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged …
1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction …
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Yet all this. Pride will ever render its possessor unhappy. Haman, though possessed of immense riches, glory, and honour, and the prime favourite of his king, is wretched, because he could not have the homage of that man whom his heart even despised! Oh, how distressing are the inquietudes of pride and vanity.
1 Kings 21:4-6 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the …
Job 15:20 The wicked man travails with pain all his days, and the number of …
Job 18:4 He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? …
Ecclesiastes 1:2,14 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity…
Philippians 4:11,12 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatever …
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
said Zeresh.
2 Samuel 13:3-5 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah …
1 Kings 21:7,25 And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of …
2 Chronicles 22:3,4 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was …
Mark 6:19-24 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed …
Let a gallows. Heb. Let a tree.
Esther 7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold …
speak thou.
Esther 3:8-15 And Haman said to king Ahasuerus…
Esther 6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the …
go thou in.
Esther 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and …
1 Kings 21:7 And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of …
Amos 6:4-6 That lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, …
Revelation 11:10 And they that dwell on the earth shall rejoice over them, and make …
the thing.
2 Samuel 16:21-23 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, …
2 Samuel 17:1-4 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve …
Mark 14:10,11 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, …
Acts 23:14,15 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have …
Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things …
he caused.
Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. …
Psalm 7:13-16 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains …
Psalm 9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which …
Psalm 37:14,32 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to …
Proverbs 1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately for their own lives.
Proverbs 4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep …
Romans 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
