Esther 2:1 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 2:1

Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

BSB

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ASV

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

KJV

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

LETTER 125.14 (420)

The worldly philosophers drive out an old passion by instilling a new one; they hammer out one nail by hammering in another. It was on this principle that the seven princes of Persia acted toward Ahasuerus, for they subdued his regret for Vashti by inducing him to love other maidens. But whereas they cured one fault by another fault and one sin by another sin, we must overcome our faults by learning to love the opposite virtues. "Depart from evil," says the psalmist, "and do good; seek peace and pursue it."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

These events must belong to the time between the great assembly held at Susa in Xerxes’ third year (483 B.C.), and the departure of the monarch on his expedition against Greece in his fifth year, 481 B.C.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The damsels, on arrival at the palace, were placed under the custody of "Hege, the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women," that is, the chief eunuch, usually a repulsive old man, on whom the court ladies are very dependent, and whose favor they are always desirous to secure.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַחַר֙	'a.Char	after	H310 →
הַדְּבָרִ֣ים	ha.de.va.Rim	the things	H1697 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
כְּשֹׁ֕ךְ	ke.Shokh	when subsided	H7918 →
חֲמַ֖ת	cha.Mat	[the] anger of	H2534 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ	'a.chash.ve.Ro.osh	Ahasuerus	H325 →
זָכַ֤ר	za.Khar	he remembered	H2142 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
וַשְׁתִּי֙	vash.Ti	Vashti	H2060 →
וְאֵ֣ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
עָשָׂ֔תָה	'a.Sa.tah	she had done	H6213 →
וְאֵ֥ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
נִגְזַ֖ר	nig.Zar	it had been decreed	H1504 →
עָלֶֽיהָ׃	'a.Lei.ha	on her	H5921 →

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Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
leads to
- Psalms 7:16
  His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Daniel 6:24
  At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom…
- Ezekiel 5:13
  And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD,…
- Judges 15:7
  And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
- Zechariah 6:8
  Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Esther

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Esther