All the king`s servants, and the people of the king`s provinces, do know, that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.
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The golden scepter - In all the numerous representations of Persian kings at Persepolis the monarch holds a long tapering staff (probably th…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
There is one law of his ... —Literally, one is his law; that is, there is one unvarying…
John Gill
JohnGill
All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces
know
Not only the prin…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
We are prone to shrink from services that are accompanied by danger or loss. But when the cause of Christ and his people demands it, we must take u…
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