Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Wise men ... - Not "astrologers," who were unknown in Persia; but rather men of practical wisdom, who knew the facts and customs of former times.
For so was the king' s manner - Some render it: "for so was the king' s business laid before all that knew law ..."
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Esther 1:13:
Job 24:1
Daniel 2:9
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