Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
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Gill's Exposition
Then were the king's scribes called, on the thirteenth day of the first month,.... The month Nisan, Est 3:7, after Haman had leave and power from the king to destroy the Jews, and his ring given him…
Barnes' Notes
On the thirteenth day - Haman had, apparently (compare Est 3:7 with Est 3:13), obtained by his use of the lot the 13th day of Adar as the lucky day for destroying the Jews. This may have caused him to…
Adam Clarke
Unto the king's lieutenants - אחשדרפני achashdarpeney. This is in all probability another Persian word, for there is nothing like it in the Hebrew language, nor can it be fairly deduced from any roots…
Haman values himself upon that bold and daring thought, which he fancied well became his great spirit, of destroying all the Jews - an undertaking worthy of its author, and which he promised himself…
Cambridge Bible
scribes secretaries, such as attended Xerxes in his expedition against Greece. [70]
[70] Herodotus says that "seated beneath a golden awning [in a Sidonian galley] he sailed along the prows of all…
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