Treasury of Scripture
favour. or, kindness. in his sight. Heb. before him. so that he set.
Esther 4:14 For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place...
1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes...
Psalm 75:6,7 For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south...
Psalm 113:7,8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill...
Ezekiel 17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree...
Luke 1:48-52 For he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed...
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.