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 …

Gallows. —Literally, tree; the Hebrew word, as well as the corresponding Greek word used by the Septuagint, standing both…

Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, unto him
His wife very probably first moved it, and all his friends …

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…