Esther 1:10

Staten Vertaling

Op den zevenden dag, toen des konings hart vrolijk was van den wijn, zeide hij tot Mehuman, Biztha, Charbona, Bigtha en Abagtha, Zethar en Charchas, de zeven kamerlingen, dienende voor het aangezicht van den koning Ahasveros,

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En op den zevenden dag, toen de koning welgemoed was van den wijn, beval hij Mehuman, Bizta, Harbona, Bichta, Abachta, Zethar en Karkas, de zeven kamerdienaars, die koning Ahasveros dienden,

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Op den zevenden dag nu, toen de koning vrolijk was van den wijn, beval hij Mehuman, Bizzeta, Harbona, Bigta, Abagta, Zethar en Karkas, de zeven kamerlingen die voor koning Ahasweros dienstdeden,

Bible Verse Review
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the heart: Genesis 43:34, Judges 16:25, 1 Samuel 25:36, 1 Samuel 25:37, 2 Samuel 13:28, Proverbs 20:1, Ecclesiastes 7:2-4, Ecclesiastes 10:19, Ephesians 5:18, Ephesians 5:19

Harbona: Esther 7:9, Harbonah

chamberlains: or, eunuchs, Daniel 1:3-5, Daniel 1:18, Daniel 1:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:36 - officer Judges 19:6 - let thine heart Ruth 3:7 - his heart 2 Kings 9:32 - eunuchs Esther 2:2 - king's servants Esther 4:5 - appointed to attend upon her Matthew 14:6 - danced Mark 6:22 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

On the seventh day,.... Of the feast, the last day of it, which the Rabbins, as Jarchi observes, say was the sabbath day, and so the Targum:

when the heart of the king was merry with wine; when he was intoxicated with it, and knew not well what he said or did; and the discourse at table ran upon the beauty of women, as the latter Targum; when the king asserted there were no women so beautiful as those of Babylon, and, as a proof of it, ordered his queen to be brought in:

he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains, that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king; or "eunuchs", as the word is sometimes rendered; and such persons were made use of in the eastern countries to, wait upon women, and so were proper to be sent on the king's errand to the queen.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 1:10. He commanded Mehuman — All these are doubtless Persian names; but so disguised by passing through a Hebrew medium, that some of them can scarcely be known. [Persian] Mehuman signifies a stranger or guest. We shall find other names and words in this book, the Persian etymology of which may be easily traced.