Esther6
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Study Guide
Public-domain commentary and original-language notes for Esther 6.
Chapter Summary
In this chapter: Providence recommends Mordecai to the king's favour. (1–3). Haman's counsel honours Mordecai. (4–11). Haman's friends tell him of his danger. (12–14).
vv1-3
The providence of God rules over the smallest concerns of men. Not a sparrow falls to the ground without him. Trace the steps which Providence took towards the advancement of Mordecai. The king could not sleep when Providence had a design to serve, in keeping him awake. We read of no illness that broke his sleep, but God, whose gift sleep is, withheld it from him. He who commanded a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, could not command one hour's sleep.
vv4-11
See how men's pride deceives them. The deceitfulness of our own hearts appears in nothing more than in the conceit we have of ourselves and our own performances: against which we should constantly watch and pray. Haman thought the king loved and valued no one but himself, but he was deceived. We should suspect that the esteem which others profess for us, is not so great as it seems to be, that we may not think too well of ourselves, nor trust too much in others. How Haman is struck, when the king bids him do honour to Mordecai the Jew, the very man whom he hated above all men, whose ruin he was now designing!
vv12-14
Mordecai was not puffed up with his honours, he returned to his place and the duty of it. Honour is well bestowed on those that do not think themselves above their business. But Haman could not bear it. What harm had it done him? But that will break a proud man's heart, which will not break a humble man's sleep. His doom was, out of this event, read to him by his wife and his friends. They plainly confessed that the Jews, though scattered through the nations, were special objects of Divine care. Miserable comforters are they all; they did not advise Haman to repent, but foretold his fate as unavoidable. The wisdom of God is seen, in timing the means of his church's deliverance, so as to manifest his own glory.
Key Words
לַיִל: properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
מֶלֶךְ: a king
נָדַד: properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
שֵׁנָה: sleep
אָמַר: to say (used with great latitude)
בּוֹא: to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
סֵפֶר: properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
זִכְרוֹן: a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
דָּבָר: a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יוֹם: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Cross References
Esther 6Haman arrives early to request hanging Mordecai on the very gallows he recently constructed.
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Parallels Pharaoh's royal public proclamation and honor bestowed on Joseph through the streets of Egypt.
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The recorded account of Bigthan and Teresh's plot which Mordecai previously exposed.
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Haman's extreme self-conceit directly illustrates pride going before destruction and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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Solomon riding the king's own mule illustrates the high Persian honor of riding the king's horse.
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Like Joseph forgotten by the chief butler, Mordecai was initially unrewarded despite saving the king's life.
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God takes the wise in their own craftiness, trapping Haman in his own sudden advice.
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Haman covering his head in mourning parallels David's posture of grief during his flight from Absalom.
The chamberlains hasten Haman, leading directly to the banquet where his plot is fully exposed.
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Mordecai immediately returns to the king's gate, demonstrating his humility after receiving supreme royal honor.
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