For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king.”

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The king now learned, perhaps for the first time, that his favorite was a Jewess.

Although the enemy ... – that is, "although the ene…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

We are sold. —See above, Esther 3:9.

To be destroyed... —Literally, to destroy and to kill,…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain,
and to perish
She mak…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

If the love of life causes earnest pleadings with those that can only kill the body, how fervent should our prayers be to Him, who is able to destr…