Ester 5:9

Listen to Ester 5:9
9 Sali贸 Am谩n aquel d铆a alegre y con coraz贸n contento; pero cuando Am谩n vio a Mardoqueo en la puerta del rey y que 茅ste no se levantaba ni temblaba delante de 茅l, Am谩n se llen贸 de furor contra Mardoqueo.

Ester 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:9

Then went Haman forth that day, joyful, and with a glad heart,
&c.] From court to his own house

but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up,
nor moved for him;
did not show him the least degree even of civil respect; which he refused to do, partly lest it should be interpreted an adoration of him, and partly because it was well known to him he had formed a scheme for the destruction of him and all his people; and the rather he refused it to him, as Esther was about to make intercession with the king to revoke his decree, of the success of which he had no doubt; and therefore had nothing to fear from him, but treated him with the utmost contempt, as he deserved:

he was full of wrath against Mordecai;
it was a sad mortification to him, and a great allay of that joy and elation of mind on account of the favour he was in; not with the king only, but the queen also, as he imagined.

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Ester 5:9 In-Context

7 Respondi贸 Ester, y dijo: Mi petici贸n y mi deseo es:
8 si he hallado gracia ante los ojos del rey, y si le place al rey conceder mi petici贸n y hacer lo que yo pido, que venga el rey con Am谩n al banquete que yo les preparar茅, y ma帽ana har茅 conforme a la palabra del rey.
9 Sali贸 Am谩n aquel d铆a alegre y con coraz贸n contento; pero cuando Am谩n vio a Mardoqueo en la puerta del rey y que 茅ste no se levantaba ni temblaba delante de 茅l, Am谩n se llen贸 de furor contra Mardoqueo.
10 Am谩n, sin embargo, se contuvo, fue a su casa, y mand贸 traer a sus amigos y a su mujer Zeres.
11 Entonces Am谩n les cont贸 la gloria de sus riquezas, la multitud de sus hijos, y todas las ocasiones en que el rey le hab铆a engrandecido, y c贸mo le hab铆a exaltado sobre los pr铆ncipes y siervos del rey.
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