Esther 3:1–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900) 1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. 2 And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him.
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Coffman's Commentaries on the Bible
ASHAMED TO KILL JUST ONE MAN; HAMAN DECIDED TO EXTERMINATE THE WHOLE ISRAEL OF GOD
Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible
The name, Haman, is probably the same as the Classical Omanes, and in ancient Persian, “Umana”, an exact equivalent of the Greek “Eumenes.” Hammedatha is perhaps the same as “Madata” or “Mahadata”, an old Persian name signifying “given by (or to) the moon.”
Dr. Constable's Expository Notes
The events we read in chapter 3 took place four years after Esther became queen (cf. Esther 2:16; Esther 3:7 ).
Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
After these things ,.... After the marriage of Esther, and the discovery of the conspiracy to take away the king's life, five years after, as Aben Ezra observe, at least more than four years, for so it appears from Esther 3:7
Queen Vashti Deposed
1 This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[ a] ( A) the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces ( B) stretching from India to Cush[ b]: ( C) 2 At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, ( D) 3 and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet ( E) for all his nobles and officials.
Esther Made Queen
2 Later when King Xerxes’ fury had subsided, ( W) he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her. 2 Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.
Mordecai Uncovers a Conspiracy
19 When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. ( AQ) 20 But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up. ( AR)