Est 1:16-21 | TSK | e4.org | Vashti This reasoning was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not generally disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no precedent for the general conduct of the Persian women. She disobeyed only in one particular; and this, to serve a purpose, Memucan draws into a general consequence, and the rest came into the conclusion, being either too intoxicated to be able to discern right from wrong, or too intent on reducing women to a state of vassalage, to neglect the present favourable opportunity. done wrong , ;

‏ Esther 1:16-21

Vashti This reasoning was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not generally disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no precedent for the general conduct of the Persian women. She disobeyed only in one particular; and this, to serve a purpose, Memucan draws into a general consequence, and the rest came into the conclusion, being either too intoxicated to be able to discern right from wrong, or too intent on reducing women to a state of vassalage, to neglect the present favourable opportunity.

done wrong Acts 18:14, Acts 25:10; 1Cor 6:7-8

despise 2Sam 6:16; Eph 5:33

the ladies Saroth, the princesses, but the meaning is well expressed by our term ladies. Judg 5:29; 1Kgs 11:3

it please the king Heb. it be good with the king, Esth 1:21, Esth 3:9, Esth 8:5

from him Heb. from before him

it be not altered Heb. it pass not away, Esth 8:8; Dan 6:8-15, Dan 6:17; Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."

another Heb. her companion

that is better 1Sam 15:28; 1Kgs 3:28

throughout Deut 17:13, Deut 21:21

all the wives Eph 5:33; Col 3:18; 1Pet 3:1-7

pleased the king Heb. was good in the eyes of the king, Esth 1:19, Esth 2:4; Gen 41:37