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Esther 5:11

Listen to Esther 5:11
11 Puis Haman leur parla de la gloire de ses richesses, du nombre de ses enfants, de tout ce que le roi avait fait pour l'agrandir, et comment il l'avait élevé au-dessus des princes et serviteurs du roi.

Esther 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 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F11 Herodot, Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 136. Strabo. Geograph. l. 15. p. 504.
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Esther 5:11 In-Context

9 Or, Haman sortit, en ce jour-là, joyeux et le cœur content; mais lorsqu'il vit, à la porte du roi, Mardochée, qui ne se leva point et ne se remua point pour lui, il fut rempli de colère contre Mardochée.
10 Toutefois Haman se contint, vint en sa maison, et envoya chercher ses amis et Zérèsh, sa femme.
11 Puis Haman leur parla de la gloire de ses richesses, du nombre de ses enfants, de tout ce que le roi avait fait pour l'agrandir, et comment il l'avait élevé au-dessus des princes et serviteurs du roi.
12 Haman dit aussi: Et même la reine Esther n'a fait venir que moi, avec le roi, au festin qu'elle a fait, et je suis encore convié par elle, pour demain, avec le roi.
13 Mais tout cela ne me suffit pas, aussi longtemps que je verrai Mardochée, le Juif, assis à la porte du roi.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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