“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king in the inner courtyard, who is not summoned, he has only one law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days.”
Commentaries
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The golden scepter - In all the numerous representations of Persian kings at Persepolis the monarch holds a long tapering staff (probably th…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
There is one law of his ... —Literally, one is his law; that is, there is one unvarying…
John Gill
JohnGill
All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces
know
Not only the prin…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
We are prone to shrink from services that are accompanied by danger or loss. But when the cause of Christ and his people demands it, we must take u…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes