Esther 5:14 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NASB

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a wooden gallows fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the wooden gallows made.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

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

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Gallows. —Literally, tree; the Hebrew word, as well as the corresponding Greek word used by the Septuagint, standing both…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

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

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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…