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Esther 2:11

Esther 2:11
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house,.... Being one of the court, and in an high post, as Aben Ezra thinks, he might walk there without being examined, and called to an…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mordecai occupied, apparently, a humble place in the royal household. He was probably one of the porters or doorkeepers at the main entrance to the palace Est 2:21.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Esther 2:1-20

How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he exalted one of low degree, as the virgin Mary observes in her song (Luk 1:52)…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

walked every day before the court of the women's house In later times it would have been impossible for one in Mordecai's position, even though holding some post of humble character about the palace,…

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