Ester 5:14

14 Então Zeres, sua mulher, e todos os seus amigos lhe sugeriram: “Mande fazer uma forca, de mais de vinte metros^[a] de altura, e logo pela manhã peça ao rei que Mardoqueu seja enforcado nela. Assim você poderá acompanhar o rei ao jantar e alegrar-se”. A sugestão agradou Hamã, e ele mandou fazer a forca.

Ester 5:14 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:14

Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, unto him
His wife very probably first moved it, and all his friends present approved of it and united in it:

let a gallows be made, of fifty cubits, high;
that the person hanged thereon might be seen at a distance, and so be a greater reproach to him, and a terror to others, to take care they were not guilty of the same offence: Cartalo was ordered by his father to be fixed to the highest cross in the sight of the city ^F12; and it was usual for crosses to be erected very high ^F13 both for that purpose, and for greater infamy and disgrace ^F14:

and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged
thereon;
get a grant from him for it; of which they made no doubt, since Haman had such an interest in him, and had already obtained an order to destroy all Jews in his dominions:

then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet;
eased of the burden of his mind, and honoured to be a guest with the royal pair:

and the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made;
but it was for himself, as it proved in the issue. See ( Esther 7:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Justin e Trogo, l. 18. c. 7. Vid. l. 22. c. 7.
F13 Vid. Lipsium de Cruce, l. 3. c. 13.
F14 Suetonius in Galba, c. 9.

Ester 5:14 In-Context

12 E acrescentou Hamã: “Além disso, sou o único que a rainha Ester convidou para acompanhar o rei ao banquete que ela lhe ofereceu. Ela me convidou para comparecer amanhã, com o rei.

13 Mas tudo isso não me dará satisfação enquanto eu vir aquele judeu Mardoqueu sentado junto à porta do palácio real”.

14 Então Zeres, sua mulher, e todos os seus amigos lhe sugeriram: “Mande fazer uma forca, de mais de vinte metros de altura, e logo pela manhã peça ao rei que Mardoqueu seja enforcado nela. Assim você poderá acompanhar o rei ao jantar e alegrar-se”. A sugestão agradou Hamã, e ele mandou fazer a forca.

Footnotes

• [a] Hebraico: "50 côvados. " O côvado era uma medida linear de cerca de 45 centímetros.