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Esther 2:1 KJV
Esther · chapter 2 · verse 1
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.Esther 2:1 · King James Version
Esther 2:1 in context
1After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rememberedzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- AhasuerusʼĂchashvêrôwshAchashverosh , the title of a Persian kingH325 →
- appeasedshâkakto weave a trapH7918 →
- VashtiVashtîyVashti, the queen of XerxesH2060 →
- Afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- wrathchêmâhheatH2534 →
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How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he exalted one of low degree, as the virgin Mary observes in her song (Luk 1:52) and Hannah before her, Sa1 2:4-8. Vashti being humbled for her height, Esther is advanced for her humility. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20