She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name. People Abihail, Ahasuerus, Benjamin, Bigthan, Bigthana, Esther, Hadassah, Hegai, Hege, Jair, Jeconiah, Jehoiachin, Kish, Mordecai, Nebuchadnezzar, Shaashgaz, Shimei, Teresh, VashtiPlaces Babylon, Jerusalem, Media, SusaTopics Care, Charge, Concubines, Custody, Delighted, Eunuch, Evening, Harem, Kept, King's, Morning, Pleased, Return, Returned, Shaashgaz, Summoned, Unless, Women'sOutline 1. Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen.5. Mordecai the nursing father of Esther.8. Esther preferred before the rest.12. The manner of purification, and going in to the king.15. Esther, best pleasing the king, is made queen.21. Mordecai, discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles.Jump to Previous Chamberlain Concubines Custody Delighted Eunuch Evening Except House Kept King's Morning Morrow Second Unless Women Women'sJump to Next Chamberlain Concubines Custody Delighted Eunuch Evening Except House Kept King's Morning Morrow Second Unless Women Women'sLibrary Adoption
'As many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.' John 1:12. Having spoken of the great points of faith and justification, we come next to adoption. The qualification of the persons is, As many as received him.' Receiving is put for believing, as is clear by the last words, to them that believe in his name.' The specification of the privilege is, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.' The Greek word for power, exousia, signifies …
Thomas Watson—A Body of DivinityEsther
The spirit of the book of Esther is anything but attractive. It is never quoted or referred to by Jesus or His apostles, and it is a satisfaction to think that in very early times, and even among Jewish scholars, its right to a place in the canon was hotly contested. Its aggressive fanaticism and fierce hatred of all that lay outside of Judaism were felt by the finer spirits to be false to the more generous instincts that lay at the heart of the Hebrew religion; but by virtue of its very intensity …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Parallel Verses NASB: In the evening she would go in and in the morning she would return to the second harem, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not again go in to the king unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.KJV: In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
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