Esther 5:9
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, Haman was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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1 Kings 21:4And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said: 'I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.' And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Esther 2:19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, and Mordecai sat in the king's gate —
Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor prostrated himself before him, then was Haman full of wrath.
Job 31:31If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?'
Psalms 27:3Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise up against me, even then will I be confident.
Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king: 'O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
Matthew Henry on Esther 5:2-9
Esther's Approach to the King. ( b. c. 510.) 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched… Read the whole commentary →