Esther 6:12

And Mardochaeus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

In Context

11So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochaeus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honor.

13And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and to his friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, + 6:13 Or, if it be M. etc. before whom. If Mardochaeus be of the race of the Jews, and you have begun to be humbled before him, you will assuredly fall, and you will not be able to withstand him, for the living God is with him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:15And Samuel + 3:15 Gr. sleeps or lies down. slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell Heli the vision.

2 Samuel 17:23And Achitophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and + 17:23 Comp. the Greek with Matt 27:5. hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

1 Kings 21:4And the king of Israel answered and said, As you have said, my lord, O king, I am yours, and all mine also.

2 Chronicles 26:20And Azarias the chief priest, and the other priests, turned to look at him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead; and they got him hastily out thence, for he also hasted to go out, because the Lord had rebuked him.

Esther 7:8And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Will you even force my wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.

Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:5-12

The Honour Conferred on Mordecai. ( b. c. 510.) 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the… Read the whole commentary →

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