Esther 2:11 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 2:11

And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

BSB

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ASV

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

KJV

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house,.... Being one of the court, and in an high post, as Aben Ezra thinks, he might walk there without being examined, and called to an account for it: to know how Esther did; to inquire of her health and prosperity, or peace, the word here used signifies, even all sorts of it: and what should become of her; or was done to her, whether she was well used, or as yet introduced to the king, how it fared with her, and what befell her.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Let those whose relations are thus cast upon them by divine Providence be thus kindly affectioned to them and solicitous for them. [2.] How respectful she was to him. Though in relation she was his equal, yet, being in age and dependence his inferior, she honoured him as her father-- did his commandment,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Mordecai occupied, apparently, a humble place in the royal household. He was probably one of the porters or doorkeepers at the main entrance to the palace Est 2:21.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house--The harem is an inviolable sanctuary, and what is transacted within its walls is as much a secret to those without as if they were thousands of miles away.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְכָל־	u.ve.Khol-	and on every	H3605 →
י֣וֹם	Yom	day	H3117 →
וָי֔וֹם	va.Yom	and day	H3117 →
מָרְדֳּכַי֙	ma.re.do.Khai	Mordecai	H4782 →
מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְ	mit.ha.Lekh	[was] walking back and forth	H1980 →
לִפְנֵ֖י	lif.Nei	to front of	H6440 →
חֲצַ֣ר	cha.Tzar	[the] court of	H2691 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַנָּשִׁ֑ים	ha.na.Shim	the women	H802 →
לָדַ֙עַת֙	la.Da.'at	to know	H3045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁל֣וֹם	she.Lom	[the] welfare of	H7965 →
אֶסְתֵּ֔ר	'es.Ter	Esther	H635 →
וּמַה־	u.mah-	and what?	H4100 →
יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה	ye.'a.Seh	was it done	H6213 →
בָּֽהּ׃	Bah	with <the> her

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
Acts 15:36
Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
leads to
- Acts 13:4
  So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
- Acts 14:6
  they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
- Acts 13:51
  So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
- Acts 14:24–25
  After passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
- Acts 13:13–14
  After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
Through
1 Samuel 17:18
Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
leads to
- Genesis 37:14
  Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when…
- 1 Samuel 16:20
  And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David.
Through
Genesis 37:14
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when…
leads to
- Genesis 35:27
  Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

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