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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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the king's servants
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"Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, ""If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions."" These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them. Est 2:19,21" |
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bowed
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Gen 41:43; Phl 2:10 |
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bowed not
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"Yichrâ welo yishtachaweh, ""bowed not down, nor prostrated himself,"" or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration. Est 3:1,5; Exd 17:14,16; Deu 25:19; 1Sa 15:3; Psa 15:4" |
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Est 2:19 |
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. |
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Est 2:21 |
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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Gen 41:43 |
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt. |
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Phl 2:10 |
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth; |
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Est 3:1 |
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that [were] with him. |
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Est 3:5 |
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. |
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Exd 17:14 |
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. |
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Exd 17:16 |
For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation. |
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Deu 25:19 |
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it]. |
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1Sa 15:3 |
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. |
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Psa 15:4 |
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Esther 3:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Est/3/2.html>.
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