Ester 5:9

Listen to Ester 5:9

Odio de Am谩n contra Mardoqueo

9 Am谩n sali贸 aquel d铆a muy contento y de buen humor; pero cuando vio a Mardoqueo en la puerta del rey y not贸 que no se levantaba ni temblaba ante su presencia, se llen贸 de ira contra 茅l.

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 Ester respondi贸:鈥擬i deseo y petici贸n es que,
8 si me he ganado el favor de Su Majestad, y si le agrada cumplir mi deseo y conceder mi petici贸n, venga ma帽ana con Am谩n al banquete que les voy a ofrecer, y entonces le dar茅 la respuesta.
9 Am谩n sali贸 aquel d铆a muy contento y de buen humor; pero cuando vio a Mardoqueo en la puerta del rey y not贸 que no se levantaba ni temblaba ante su presencia, se llen贸 de ira contra 茅l.
10 No obstante, se contuvo y se fue a su casa.Luego llam贸 Am谩n a sus amigos y a Zeres, su esposa,
11 e hizo alarde de su enorme riqueza y de sus muchos hijos, y de c贸mo el rey lo hab铆a honrado en todo sentido ascendi茅ndolo sobre los funcionarios y dem谩s servidores del rey.
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