Ester 5:14

14 Então lhe disseram Zéres, sua mulher, e todos os seus amigos: Faça-se uma forca de cinquenta côvados de altura, e pela manhã dize ao rei que nela seja enforcado Mardoqueu; e então entra alegre com o rei para o banquete. E este conselho agradou a Hamã, que mandou fazer a forca.

Ester 5:14 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:14

Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, unto him
His wife very probably first moved it, and all his friends present approved of it and united in it:

let a gallows be made, of fifty cubits, high;
that the person hanged thereon might be seen at a distance, and so be a greater reproach to him, and a terror to others, to take care they were not guilty of the same offence: Cartalo was ordered by his father to be fixed to the highest cross in the sight of the city ^F12; and it was usual for crosses to be erected very high ^F13 both for that purpose, and for greater infamy and disgrace ^F14:

and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged
thereon;
get a grant from him for it; of which they made no doubt, since Haman had such an interest in him, and had already obtained an order to destroy all Jews in his dominions:

then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet;
eased of the burden of his mind, and honoured to be a guest with the royal pair:

and the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made;
but it was for himself, as it proved in the issue. See ( Esther 7:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Justin e Trogo, l. 18. c. 7. Vid. l. 22. c. 7.
F13 Vid. Lipsium de Cruce, l. 3. c. 13.
F14 Suetonius in Galba, c. 9.

Ester 5:14 In-Context

12 E acrescentou: Tampouco a rainha Ester a ninguém fez vir com o rei ao banquete que preparou, senão a mim; e também para amanhã estou convidado por ela juntamente com o rei.

13 Todavia tudo isso não me satisfaz, enquanto eu vir o judeu Mardoqueu sentado � porta do rei.

14 Então lhe disseram Zéres, sua mulher, e todos os seus amigos: Faça-se uma forca de cinquenta côvados de altura, e pela manhã dize ao rei que nela seja enforcado Mardoqueu; e então entra alegre com o rei para o banquete. E este conselho agradou a Hamã, que mandou fazer a forca.