Esther 1:5

And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
days	הַיָּמִ֣ים hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
expired	וּבִמְל֣וֹאת u.vim.Lot	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
king	הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	עָשָׂ֣ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
feast	מִשְׁתֶּ֖ה mish.Teh	H4960	drink · noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	הָעָ֣ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
present	הַנִּמְצְאִים֩ ha.nim.tze.'Im	H4672	properly · definite article + verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural absolute
Shushan	בְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ן be.shu.Shan	H7800	Shushan · preposition + proper noun, a place name
palace	הַבִּירָ֜ה ha.bi.Rah	H1002	a castle or palace · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
great	לְמִגָּ֧דוֹל le.mi.Ga.dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · preposition + preposition + adjective, masculine singular absolute
small	קָטָ֛ן ka.Tan	H6996	abbreviated · adjective, masculine singular absolute
seven	שִׁבְעַ֣ת shiv.'At	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
days	יָמִ֑ים ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
court	בַּחֲצַ֕ר ba.cha.Tzar	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
garden	גִּנַּ֥ת gi.Nat	H1594	a garden · noun, common feminine singular construct
king’s	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
palace	בִּיתַ֖ן bi.Tan	H1055	a palace (i.e. large house) · noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Esther 7:7-8 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to E…
2 Chronicles 30:21-25 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites…
2 Chronicles 7:8-9 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 1:1-9

Which of the kings of Persia this Ahasuerus was the learned are not agreed. Mordecai is said to have been one of those that were carried captive from Jerusalem (Est 2:5, Est 2:6), whence it should seem that this Ahasuerus was one of the first kings of that empire. Dr. Lightfoot thinks that he was that Artaxerxes who hindered the building of the temple, who is called also Ahasuerus (Ezr 4:6, Ezr 4:7), after his great-grandfather of the Medes, Dan 9:1. We have here an account, I. Of the vast extent of his dominion. In the time of Darius and Cyrus there were but 120 princes (Dan 6:1); now there were 127, from India to Ethiopia, Est 1:1. It had become an over-grown kingdom, which in time would s…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 1:3

made a feast unto all his princes and his servants--Banquets on so grand a scale, and extending over so great a period, have been frequently provided by the luxurious monarchs of Eastern countries, both in ancient and modern times. The early portion of this festive season, however, seems to have been dedicated to amusement, particularly an exhibition of the magnificence and treasures of the court, and it was closed by a special feast of seven days' continuance, given within the gardens of the royal palace. The ancient palace of Susa has been recently disinterred from an incumbent mass of earth and ruins; and in that palace, which is, beyond all doubt, the actual edifice referred to in this p…

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Adam Clarke on Esther 1:5

A feast unto all the people - The first was a feast for the nobles in general; this, for the people of the city at large. In the court of the garden - As the company was very numerous that was to be received, no apartments in the palace could be capable of containing them; therefore the court of the garden was chosen.

John Gill on Esther 1:5

And when these days were ended,.... The one hundred and eighty, in which the nobles, princes, and great men of the kingdom were feasted: the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small; of every age, rank, state and condition of life; these were the common people, whether inhabitants of the city or country people there on business, whether natives or foreigners; according to the Targum, there were Israelites there, but not Mordecai and his family; yea, it is said in the Midrash (n), that they were all Jews, and that their number was 18,500; but this is not probable; it is very likely there were some Jews among them, as there were…

Dictionary and topics

Gardens — Mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen. 2:8, 9); Ahab’s garden of herbs (1 Kings 21:2); the royal garden (2 Kings 21:18); the royal garden at Susa (Esther 1:5); the garden of Joseph of Arimathea (John…
Palace — Used now only of royal dwellings, although originally meaning simply (as the Latin word palatium, from which it is derived, shows) a building surrounded by a fence or a paling. In the Authorized…
Shushan — A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. It is…
Entertainments · Often given in: The court of the house — Often given in: The court of the house
Feasts · Given by kings — Given by kings
House · .Courts — .Courts
Houses · The courts of, large and used as apartments — The courts of, large and used as apartments
Medo-Persian Kingdom · Kings of: Entertained magnificently — Kings of: Entertained magnificently
Palaces · Of kings: Called the king’s palace — Of kings: Called the king’s palace
Shushan (Susa) · 2. King’ s palace at — 2. King’ s palace at

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Esther 1:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 1:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 1:3

Adam Clarke on Esther 1:5

John Gill on Esther 1:5

Dictionary and topics

Esther 1:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 1:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 1:3

Adam Clarke on Esther 1:5

John Gill on Esther 1:5

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 1:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 1:5

Rashi on Esther 1:5