He neither stood up nor moved for him—this was undoubtedly a serious breach of Persian etiquette and may well have angered Haman.

He stood not up. — In Esther 3:2, we saw that Mordecai refused to bow or prostrate himself to Haman; here, he refuses eve…

Then went Haman forth that day, joyful, and with a glad heart ,
&c.] From court to his own house

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This account of Haman is a comment upon Proverbs 21:24. Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers.