Matthew Poole Commentary - Esther 2:1 - 2:1

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Esther 2:1 - 2:1


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ESTHER CHAPTER 2



The virgins of the kingdom being gathered together, a queen is to be chosen, Est_2:1-4. Esther, nursed by Mordecai, is chosen to be one of the virgins, Est_2:5-8; and preferred before the rest, Est_2:9-11. The manner of her purification, Est_2:12-14. She pleaseth the king, and is made queen, Est_2:15-17. The king makes a feast for his princes and servants, Est_2:18-20. Mordecai discovereth a treason against the king, Est_2:21,22; which is recorded in their chronicles, Est_2:23.



He remembered Vashti with grief and shame, that in his wine and rage he had so severely punished, and so irrevocably rejected, so beautiful and desirable a person, and that for so small a provocation, to which she was easily led by the modesty of her sex, and by the laws and customs of Persia.