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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Esther 1 This chapter relates, how that Ahasuerus, a great king of Persia, made a feast, first for the grandees of his kingdom, and then for his people, as his queen did for the women, Es 1:1, who being sent for by him, and she refusing to come, was, by the advice of one of his counsellors, divorced from him, and an order made and published throughout his dominions, that every man...
John Gill
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire,.... As it was proper it should, since the report of the queen's deed would be made everywhere: for it is great; the empire consisting of one hundred and twenty seven provinces, Es 1:1, Aben Ezra and Abendana interpret it, "though" it is great, yet the decree should be published throughout; the latter...
Matthew Henry
The Feast of Ahasuerus. (b. c. 519.) 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, 3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his...