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God's Providential Timing
Commentators explain the four-year gap between Vashti's removal and Esther's selection by pointing to King Xerxes' famous military campaign against Greece. This historical context reveals God's unhurried and sovereign plan, showing how He works through major world events to position His people for His purposes at exactly the right time.
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Esther
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Albert Barnes
On Esther 2:16
18th Century
Theologian
Tebeth (compare the corresponding Egyptian month, “Tobi” or “Tubi”), corresponded nearly to our January.
In the seventh year of his reign…
Charles Ellicott
On Esther 2:16
19th Century
Bishop
The month Tebeth. —This extended from the new moon in January to that in February; the name occurs only here. The fifth Egyptian m…
John Gill
On Esther 2:16
17th Century
Pastor
So Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his house royal ,
&c.] Did not return on the morrow to the house of th…
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Matthew Henry
On Esther 2:1–20
17th Century
Minister
We see to what absurd practices those resorted who were lacking Divine revelation, and what need there was for the gospel of Christ to purify peopl…