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

Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare of all their descendants.

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…