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There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Mordecai, the eunuch (Esther 2:7, Esther 2:11), has been conjectured to be the same as Matacas, who, according to Ctesias, w…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Mordecai. —Canon Rawlinson is inclined to identify Mordecai with Matacas, who was the most powerful of the eunuchs in the reign of…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Now in Shushan the palace was a certain Jew.

Not one of the tribe of Judah, for he was afterwards called a Benjami…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

We see to what absurd practices those resorted who were lacking Divine revelation, and what need there was for the gospel of Christ to purify peopl…

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