Esther 9:3 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 9:3

And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

BSB

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ASV

And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king’s business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.

KJV

And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, blessed the Jews,.... Countenanced them and encouraged them, and gave them all assistance in their power; extolled them, as the word signifies, lifted them up, and spoke well of them, or praised them, as the Targum: because the fear of Mordecai was upon them; he being now chief minister, they might fear, if they took part with the enemies of the Jews against them, they might be turned out of their places.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They all saw it their interest to help Mordecai's friends because he was not only great in the king's house, and caressed by the courtiers (as many are who have no intrinsic worth to support their reputation), but his fame for wisdom and virtue went out thence throughout all the provinces: in all places he was extolled as a great man.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

All the rulers ... helped the Jews - i. e. the Persians, who formed the standing army which kept the Empire in subjection, and were at the disposal of the various governors of provinces, took the Jews’ side. The enemies of the Jews (e. g. Est 9:16) were almost entirely to be found among the idolatrous people of the subject nations, for whose lives neither the Persians generally, nor their monarchs, cared greatly.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
שָׂרֵ֨י	sa.Rei	[the] officials of	H8269 →
הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת	ha.me.di.Not	the provinces	H4082 →
וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים	ve.ha.'a.chash.dar.pe.Nim	and the satraps	H323 →
וְהַפַּח֗וֹת	ve.ha.pa.Chot	and the governors	H6346 →
וְעֹשֵׂ֤י	ve.'o.Sei	and [the] doers of	H6213 →
הַמְּלָאכָה֙	ha.me.la.Khah	the work	H4399 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	la.Me.lekh	[belonged] to the king	H4428 →
מְנַשְּׂאִ֖ים	me.na.se.'Im	[were] supporting	H5375 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים	hai.ye.hu.Dim	the Jews	H3064 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
נָפַ֥ל	na.Fal	it had fallen	H5307 →
פַּֽחַד־	pa.chad-	[the] dread of	H6343 →
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י	ma.re.do.Khai	Mordecai	H4782 →
עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →

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Esther 3:12
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of…
leads to
- 1 Kings 21:8
  Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
- Esther 1:22
  He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his…
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Esther 8:5
“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order…
leads to
- Esther 7:3
  Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my…
- Esther 5:8
  If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the…
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Ezra 8:36
They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
leads to
- Ezra 7:21–24
  I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided…
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Daniel 3:2
Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.
leads to
- Daniel 3:27
  and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed,…
- Daniel 6:1–4
  Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
- Numbers 25:2
  who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.