Conspiracies inside the palace were ordinary occurrences in Persia. Xerxes was ultimately murdered by Artabanus, the captain of the guard, and Aspa…

In those days. —Here the thread of Esther 2:19 is taken up, then I say, “in those days—”

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In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate Being, as before observed, an officer at court:

Good subjects must not conceal any evil plot they know of against the prince or the public peace. Mordecai was not rewarded at the time, but a reme…