Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Esther 3:9

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Esther 3:9 - 3:9

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Esther 3:9 - 3:9

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3:1 - 3:1
3:2 - 3:2
3:7 - 3:7
3:9 - 3:9
3:10 - 3:10
3:12 - 3:12
3:15 - 3:15

I will pay ten thousand talents of silver ... into the king’s treasuries - This sum, reckoning by the Babylonish talent, will be about $10,000,000; but estimated according to the Jewish talent, it will considerably exceed $15,000,000, an immense contribution to be made out of a private fortune. But classic history makes mention of several persons whose resources seem almost incredible.