a away. : . 4 ?* chronicles þ: and they were read before the king c. | + How vain areall the contrivances and indeavours of this fooliſh impotent Man againſt the Wiſe and omnipotent God. who hath the hearts and hands of Kings and all Men perfeRly at his diſpoſe, and can by ſuch trivial accidents ( as they are accounted ) change their minds, and produce ſuch momentousand terrible effe&s ! b His mind being troubled he knew not how. nor why,he chuſerh this for a di- vert:{\ement, God putting this thought aad inclination to him, for otherwiſe he might have diverted himſelf, as he uſed todo at other times, with his Wives or Concubines, Or Voices and Inſtruments of Muſick, which was far more agreeable to his temper. c Until the Morning, when he intended to riſe our of his Bed. YOr, Big. 2 Andic was found written, That Mordecai had told than, of [| Bigthana and Tereſh, two of the kings camber- | ch. 2- 21. lains, the keepers of the 5 door, who ſought to lay
"ah * hand on the king Ahafuerus,
let no man come in with the king unto the banquet |
without diſturbance, and denying me the worſhip due to me by my
H E R.
. 3 And the king ſaid, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this ? Then ſaid the kings ſervants that miniſtred unto him, There is nothing done for him p.
? He hath had no recompence for this great and good ſervice, Which might happen either through the King's forgetfulneſs ; or through theenvy of the Courtiersz or becauſe he was a Jew, and cheretore odious and contemptible.
4 And the king ſaid, Who 3zs in the court? ( now Haman was come 9 into the outward court of the kings houſe r, to ſpeak unto the king to bang Mordecai on the Gallows that he had prepared for him. ) .
9 Early in the morning, becauſe his Malice probably would not ſuffer him to ſleep and he. was impatient till he had executed his detired revenge 3 and he was reſolved to watch for the very firſt op- portunity of ſpeaking to the King, before he was engaged in other matters. r Where he waited 3 becauſe it was dangerous to come into the inner court without ipecial licence, ch. 4. 11.
5 And the kings lervants ſaid unto him, behold, Ha- manſtandeth in the court. And the king ſaid, Let him come 1n.
6 So Haman came in, and the king ſaid unto him, What ihall be done unto the man 5 + whom the king t Heb. is delighteth to honour ? ( now Haman thought in his 7% t.
. 6 A hea:ts, To whom would the king delight to do honour bing h " more than to my ſelf ?) —_
s He names none, becauſe he would have the more Impartial An- ſwer. And probably he «knew nothing of the difference between Haman and Mordecai, 8 As indeed he had great reaſon to preſume becauſe he had not yer forfeited that favour which the King had ſhewed ro him above all others. 7 And Haman anſwered the king, For the man ©, q, ., whom the king delighteth to honour, whoſe he« SF Let the royal apparel « be brought + which the nour the king uſeth to wear, and the horſe that the king rideth ©"
upon x, and the crown royal which is ſet upon his head y. + Hb It
u His outward Garment which was made of Purple, interwoven ;þ,y brin with Gold, as Ju/tin and Curtizs relate. x Uſually : which was zz, A, well known both by his excellency, and eſpecially by his peculiar apparel fat 1 and Ornaments, Comp. 1 Kings 1: 33- y Fither 1. U- +4 46, | pon the King's head. Or, 2. Upon the Horſes head 3 which ſeems ,j,,,uih beſt to agree. 1+ With that ancient Chaldee Interpreter, and other ,j, js Jews who take it thus. 2. With the ſignification and order of eh the Hebrew words. 3. With the following Verſes, in which there himſelf 15 no further mention of this Crown, but only of the Apparel, and © of the horſe, to which the Crown belonged, as one of his Orna- ments 4. With the cuſtom of the Perſians, which ſome affirm to have been this, to put the Crown upon the head of thar Horſe, upon which the King rode.