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John Gill, on Esth 5:4
John Gill · 1697–1771
Esth 5:4 · Douay-Rheims
“But she answered: If it please the king. I beseech thee to come to me this day, and Aman with thee to the banquet which I have prepared.”
On this verse:
“And Esther answered, if it seem good unto the king,.... She humbly submits it to his pleasure, suggesting it would be exceeding grateful to her, could it be granted: let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him; for the king; and supposing it would be acceptable to him, and the rather engage him to come to it, she invited his favourite; and chiefly, that she might have an opportunity of accusing him before the king to his face, and when alone.”
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