Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The golden scepter - In all the numerous representations of Persian kings at Persepolis the monarch holds a long tapering staff (probably the scepter of Esther) in his right hand. It was death to intrude on the privacy of the Persian king uninvited.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Esther 4:11:
Daniel 2:9
Matthew 27:27-30
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