Esther 5

Esther 5:2

Earnestly - Did his work with eminent diligence and fervency: which is here noted to his commendation. And it is probable, this good man’s zeal provoked many, to take the more pains, and make the more haste.

Esther 5:3

The door - Therefore the door was not in the middle of the house, as now they commonly are, but at one end of it.

Esther 5:9

Tekoites - The same spoken of before, who having dispatched their first share sooner than their brethren, freely offered to supply the defects of others, who, as it seems, neglected that part of the work which had been committed to them. And this their double diligence is noted both for the greater shame of their nobles, who would not do any part of it, and for their own honour, who were so far from being corrupted by that bad example, that they were quickened to greater zeal and industry in this pious work.

Esther 5:12

The sixth son of Zalaph - It seems, his five elder brethren, laid not their hands to the work. But in doing that which is good, we need not stay to see our betters go before us.