‏ Esther 8:2

his ring.

3:10; Ge 41:42; Isa 22:19-22; Lu 15:22

Esther set.

2Sa 9:7-10; Ps 37:34; Ec 2:18,19-26; 5:13,14; Da 2:48

‏ Esther 8:8

in the king's name.

3:12; 1Ki 21:8

may no man reverse.No, not the king himself; and this was the reason that the king was forced not to reverse, but to give a contradictory decree; that if the Jews, pursuant to the first decree, were assaulted, they might legitimately, by virtue of the second, defend themselves, slay their enemies, and even take the spoil.

5; 1:19; Da 6:8,12-15; 2Ti 2:19; Heb 6:17,18

‏ Esther 8:10

in the king.

1Ki 21:8; Ec 8:4; Da 4:1

by posts.

3:13; 2Ch 30:6; Job 9:25; Jer 51:21

mules.{Rechesh,} in Syriac, {rechesha,} probably denotes a swift horse.

camels.{Achashteranim,} from the Persian {akhash,} large, and {aster,} a mule, probably, as Bochart supposes, denotes a large mule.

young dromedaries.{Beney harammachim,} "the sons of mares," as the word {ramakat} denotes in Arabic; probably an expletive of the preceeding word.

Isa 60:6; 66:20; Jer 2:23
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