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On that night the king couldn`t sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
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Providence in Coincidence
All commentators agree that the king's sleepless night was not a random event but a direct act of God's providence. What appears to be a series of coincidences—the insomnia, the call for the chronicles instead of other diversions, and the reading of Mordecai's specific record—is presented as God's unseen hand orchestrating events to save His people.
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19th Century
Anglican
Could not the king sleep. —Literally, the king's sleep fled away. Here, in the most striking way in the whole bo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
On that night could not the king sleep The night after he had been at Esther's banquet, which it might be thought wo…
Presbyterian
The providence of God rules over the smallest concerns of people. Not a sparrow falls to the ground without him. Trace the steps which Providence t…
