Ester 1:10

10 Al settimo giorno, il re avendo il cuore allegro di vino, disse a Mehuman, a Bizta, ad Harbona, a Bigta, ad Abagta, a Zetar, ed a Carcas, i sette eunuchi che erano i ministri ordinari del re Assuero;

Ester 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 1:10

On the seventh day
Of the feast, the last day of it, which the Rabbins, as Jarchi observes, say was the sabbath day, and so the Targum:

when the heart of the king was merry with wine;
when he was intoxicated with it, and knew not well what he said or did; and the discourse at table ran upon the beauty of women, as the latter Targum; when the king asserted there were no women so beautiful as those of Babylon, and, as a proof of it, ordered his queen to be brought in:

he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar,
and Carcas, the seven chamberlains, that served in the presence of
Ahasuerus the king;
or "eunuchs", as the word is sometimes rendered; and such persons were made use of in the eastern countries to, wait upon women, and so were proper to be sent on the king's errand to the queen.

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Ester 1:10 In-Context

8 E il bere era secondo questa legge, che niuno costringeva a bere; perciocchè il re avea imposto a tutti i suoi maestri di casa, che ciascuno facesse a sua volontà.
9 La regina Vasti fece anch’essa un convito alle donne, nella casa reale del re Assuero.
10 Al settimo giorno, il re avendo il cuore allegro di vino, disse a Mehuman, a Bizta, ad Harbona, a Bigta, ad Abagta, a Zetar, ed a Carcas, i sette eunuchi che erano i ministri ordinari del re Assuero;
11 che menassero la regina Vasti in presenza del re, con la corona reale, per mostrare a’ popoli ed a’ signori la sua bellezza; perciocchè ella era bella di aspetto.
12 Ma la regina Vasti ricusò di venire alla parola del re, recatale per gli eunuchi; laonde il re si crucciò forte, e la sua ira si accese in lui.
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