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Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples who are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
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The Danger of Flattering Counsel
Commentators explain that Memucan was not giving objective advice but acting as a 'true courtier.' He echoed the king's anger and, as John Gill notes, intentionally exaggerated Vashti's offense, framing it as a crime against the entire empire. This was a political move designed to inflame the king's anger, showing how flattery and self-serving counsel can corrupt justice.
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19th Century
Anglican
Answered before the king. —Memucan, like a true courtier, gives palatable advice to his master, through counsel that is the true e…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes Who was the last, and perhaps the least and the youngest of the coun…
Presbyterian
Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of special festivity often end in vexation.
Superiors should be careful not …
