Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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A gallows, in the ordinary sense, is hardly intended, since hanging was not a Persian punishment. The intention, no doubt, was to crucify (see the …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Gallows. —Literally, tree; the Hebrew word, as well as the corresponding Greek word used by the Septuagint, standing both…
John Gill
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Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, unto him
His wife very probably first moved it, and all his friends …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
This account of Haman is a comment upon Proverbs 21:24. Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers.
Haman, the higher he is…
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