Esther 6:12 KJV — MannaFest

Esther 6:12

And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

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ASV

And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

WEB

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

YLT

And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

DBT

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

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Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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2 Samuel 15:30
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Jeremiah 14:3–4
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
1 Kings 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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); he returned to his place and the duty of it immediately, and minded his business as closely as he had done before. Honour is well bestowed on those that are not made proud and idle by it, and will not think themselves above their business. How much Haman was cast down with his disappointment.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

We read of no bodily indisposition he was under, that might break his sleep; but God, whose gift sleep is, withheld it from him. Those that are ever so much resolved to cast away care cannot always do it; they find it in their pillows when they neither expect nor welcome it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Gate - To his former place; shewing that as he was not overwhelmed by Haman's threats, so he was not puffed up with this honour. Cover'd - In token of his shame and grief for his unexpected disappointment, and for the great honour done to his abhorred adversary, by his own hands, and with his own public disgrace.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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