Esther 3:2-3

2 All the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him. But ¹Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage.

3 Then the king's servants who were at ²the king's gate said to Mordecai, "³Why are you transgressing the king's command?"

Esther 3:2-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 3

This chapter gives an account of the promotion of Haman, and of the mortification of him by Mordecai, who refused to bow to him, upon which he vowed revenge on him, and on all his people the Jews, Es 3:1-6, for which purpose, through a false representation of them, he obtained letters of the king, and sent to the deputies of all the provinces to destroy them all on a certain day fixed, Es 3:7-15.

Cross References

• 1. Esther 2:19; Esther 5:9
• 2. Esther 2:19
• 3. Esther 3:2

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "and prostrated themselves before"