Est 2:17 | TSK | e4.org | favour or, kindness in his sight Heb. before him so that he set ; ; , ; ; ; Bishop Patrick observes, that those who suggest that Esther committed a great sin to come at the dignity of queen of Persia, do not consider the custom of those times and countries. Every one that the king took to his bed was married to him, and was his wife of a lower rank, as Hagar was to Abraham.

‏ Esther 2:17

favour or, kindness

in his sight Heb. before him

so that he set Esth 4:14; 1Sam 2:8; Ps 75:6-7, Ps 113:7-8; Ezek 17:24; Luke 1:48-52; Bishop Patrick observes, that those who suggest that Esther committed a great sin to come at the dignity of queen of Persia, do not consider the custom of those times and countries. Every one that the king took to his bed was married to him, and was his wife of a lower rank, as Hagar was to Abraham.