Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Esther 5:3

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Esther 5:3 - 5:3

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Esther 5:3 - 5:3

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:4 - 5:4
5:8 - 5:8

it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom - This mode of speaking originated in the Persian custom of appropriating for the maintenance of great men, or royal favorites, one city for his bread, another for his wine, a third for his clothes, etc., so that the phrase denoted great liberality.