Esther 2:16

Compare all

14 In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and called for her by name.

15 Now when the turn came for Esther ^athe daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king’s eunuch, the custodian of the women, advised. And Esther ^bobtained favor in the sight of all who saw her.

16 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

17 The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal ^acrown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

18 Then the king ^amade a great feast, the Feast of Esther, for all his officials and servants; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the¹ generosity of a king.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

<< Esther 2:15

Esther 2:17 >>

Esther 2:16

Tebeth (compare the corresponding Egyptian month, "Tobi" or "Tubi" ), corresponded nearly to our January.

In the seventh year of his reign - In December, 479 BC, or January, 478 BC Xerxes quitted Sardis for Susa in, or soon after, September, 479 BC It has been regarded as a "difficulty" that Vashti' s place, declared vacant in 483 BC, was not supplied until the end of 479 BC, four years afterward. But since two years out of the four had been occupied by the Grecian expedition, the objection cannot be considered very weighty.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Esther 2:16:**

Daniel 9:25

<< Esther 2:15

Esther 2:17 >>

DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.