Ester 2:17

Filipino Cebuano Bible

17 Ug ang hari nahagugma kang Ester labaw sa tanang mga babaye, ug siya nakabaton sa labaw nga gugma ug kalolot sa iyang pagtan-aw labaw sa tanang mga ulay; mao nga iyang gibutang ang harianong purongpurong sa iyang ulo, ug gihimo siya nga reina ilis kang Vasthi.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

favour: or, kindness

in his sight: Heb. before him

so that he set: Esther 4:14, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 75:6, Psalms 75:7, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Ezekiel 17:24, Luke 1:48-52, bishop Patrick observes, that those who suggest that Esther committed a great sin to come at the dignity of queen of Persia, do not consider the custom of those times and countries. Every one that the king took to his bed was married to him, and was his wife of a lower rank, as Hagar was to Abraham.

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:8 - to find 2 Kings 11:12 - put the crown Esther 8:5 - I be pleasing Ezekiel 16:11 - and a

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king loved Esther above all the women,.... The virgins he made his concubines, as next explained; though Jarchi interprets it of married women, for such he supposes were gathered and brought to him, as well as virgins:

and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; who had been purified, and in their turns brought to him:

so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti; declared her queen, and gave her all the ensigns of royalty: so it was usual with the eastern kings to put a crown or diadem on the heads of their wives at the time of marriage, and declare them queens s.

s Vid. Paschalium de Coronis, l. 10. c. 8. p. 689.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. Set the royal crown upon her head — Made her what is now called in the East the SULTANA, the queen. She was the mistress of all the rest of the wives, all of whom were obliged to pay her the most profound respect.