Ester 5:11

11 Ed Haman raccontò loro la sua gloria, e le sue ricchezze, e la moltitudine de’ suoi figliuoli; ed in quanti modi il re l’avea ingrandito, e come egli l’avea innalzato sopra i principi, e sopra i servitori del re.

Ester 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:11

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches
Of the multitude of them; which he did partly in a way of ostentation, and partly, if he could, to make his mind easy under the mortification he received from Mordecai; and, it may be, chiefly to aggravate his rudeness and ill behaviour towards him, a man of so much wealth: and the multitude of his children; he had ten, as we learn from ( Esther 9:10 ) , but the former Targum enlarges them, beyond credit, to the number of two hundred and eight, besides his ten sons, and Shimshai the scribe; such were had in great esteem with the Persians who had many children; to such the king used to send gifts annually ^F11:

and all the things wherein the king had promoted him;
the high offices of honour and trust he had put him into:

and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
See ( Esther 3:1 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Herodot, Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 136. Strabo. Geograph. l. 15. p. 504.

Ester 5:11 In-Context

9 ED Haman uscì in quel dì fuori, allegro, e col cuor lieto. Ma quando vide Mardocheo alla porta del re, il qual non si levava, nè si moveva per lui, fu ripieno di furore contro a lui.

10 Ma pur si rattenne, e venne in casa sua, e mandò a far venire i suoi amici, e Zeres, sua moglie.

11 Ed Haman raccontò loro la sua gloria, e le sue ricchezze, e la moltitudine de’ suoi figliuoli; ed in quanti modi il re l’avea ingrandito, e come egli l’avea innalzato sopra i principi, e sopra i servitori del re.

12 Poi soggiunse: Eziandio la regina Ester non ha fatto venir col re, al convito ch’ella ha fatto, altri che me, ed anche per domani son da lei invitato col re.

13 Ma tutto questo non mi contenta, mentre io veggo quel Giudeo Mardocheo sedere alla porta del re.