Esther 10:3 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NASB

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his entire nation.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Mordecai ... was next unto king Ahasuerus - See Esther 2:5 note. Artabanus (Esther 1:14 note) was favorite toward the e…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus.—We have seen that the events recorded in this book carry us to the year 470 B.C., at which ti…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

For Mordecai the Jew was next unto Ahasuerus
The second man in the kingdom, the principal of the counsellors, and pr…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Many instances of the grandeur of Ahasuerus might have been given: these were written in the Persian chronicles, which have long since been lost, w…