Esther 3

Esther 3:1

THe Agagie] it is thought that hee meanes Amalekite, or of the bloud royall of that Nation, whose Kings were called by the common name of Agag, Numbers 24:7. [set his seat] according to the custome of Persia, by which great Lords had their seats appointed neere the King and set in order according to their worths, or according to the Kings favour, Esther 1:14. see 2 Kings 25:28.

Esther 3:2

Boxed not] because that according to the custome of Persia, those honours did somewhat savour of divine worship, wherefore a Iewes conscience would not suffer him to yeeld any such kinde of honour to man.

Esther 3:4

That hee was] and that therefore it was not lawfull for him, nor hee would never doe it.

Esther 3:7

Nisan] which is the March moone, see Esther 2:16. [Pur] a Persian word, which signifieth lot, Esther 9:24. for those people did use lots to chuse out prosperous times for such and such actions or enterprises: [Adar] which is February moone.

Esther 3:10

His ring] with which he sealed his royall letters, Esther 8:8. and he gave it him to wright what hee pleased in the Kings name, and it seemes hee kept it afterwards as a token of principall authority, Est. 8 2. see Genesis 41:42.

Esther 3:15

The City] namely, the Iewes that dwelt in it; or all the people in generall, partly for pity, and partly for feare of the ordinary confusions, which happen in these popular executions, wherein every body followeth his own passion against whom he pleaseth, under the pretence of the proscription of some.