So Haman’s wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, “Set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet tall, and in the morning ask the king to impale Mordecai on it. When this is done, you can go on your merry way to the banquet with the king.” This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.
Commentaries
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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
Gallows. —Literally, tree; the Hebrew word, as well as the corresponding Greek word used by the Septuagint, standing both…
John Gill
JohnGill
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
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…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes