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Esther 6:5

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So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

KJV

And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

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This verse in Esther 6

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And the king's servants said unto him, behold, Haman standeth in the court,.... In the outward court; for into the inward court none might enter without being called, for which he was waiting: and the king said, let him come in; into his bedchamber; and it was of God, no doubt, that Haman should be on the spot at this very time, when the king was in the humour to do honour to Mordecai, and by him.

This site's exposition

Who is in the court

on Esther 6:4-5

Haman is already in the outer court at dawn, come to ask the king's leave to hang Mordecai on the gallows built the night before. The chapter's irony sits in the timing: the man come to destroy Mordecai walks in just as the king is deciding how to reward him.

This site's exposition

So the king’s attendants answered him

Haman stood in the outer court because even he could not enter the inner court uncalled, as John Gill notes. The law that threatened Esther in 4:11 bound him too. Matthew Henry pictures him brought into the king’s bedchamber, proud of the honor.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Aphrahat the Persian Sage

DEMONSTRATIONS 21.20 · Written before 345.

Mordecai was also persecuted as Jesus was persecuted. Mordecai was persecuted by the wicked Haman; and Jesus was persecuted by the rebellious people. Mordecai by his prayer delivered his people from the hands of Haman; and Jesus by his prayer delivered his people from the hands of Satan. Mordecai was delivered from the hands of his persecutor; and Jesus was rescued from the hands of his persecutors.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Haman is brought in immediately, proud of the honour done him in being admitted into the king's bed-chamber, as it should seem, before he was up; for let the king but give orders for the dignifying of Mordecai, and he will be easy in his mind and try to sleep.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּand they said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • נַעֲרֵ֤י[the] servants of

    naareiH5288 →239 times

  • הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֵלָ֔יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • הִנֵּ֥הthere!

    hinehH2009 →843 times

  • הָמָ֖ןHaman

    hamanH2001 →54 times

  • עֹמֵ֣ד[is] standing

    ʾomedH5975 →521 times

  • בֶּחָצֵ֑רin the court

    bechatzerH2691 →191 times

  • וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יָבֽוֹא׃let him come

    yavo'H935 →2568 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About Esther

The Triumph of Mordecai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Triumph of Mordecai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Esther: the study guide →Read Esther 6 →

This page draws on Aphrahat the Persian Sage, DEMONSTRATIONS 21.20; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).

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