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Esther 2:10 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Esther 2:10 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Esther chapter 2 verse 10 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.”
Esther 2:10 (KJV)
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Commentary on Esther 2:10
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. Esther's concealment of her Jewish identity, explicitly following Mordecai's instruction, raises ethical questions. Was this deception, or legitimate prudence? The Hebrew verb higgid (הִגִּיד, "shewed/declared") suggests active disclosure rather than response to direct questioning. Esther didn't volunteer information, but the text doesn't indicate she lied if asked. This strategic concealment proved essential: had Esther's Jewish identity been known initially, she might never have become...
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Cross-References for Esther 2:10
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“as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai”
“There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.,And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them., וַיֹּאמֶר הָמָן לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ יֶשְׁנוֹ עַם־אֶחָד מְפֻזָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּים בְּכֹל מְדִינוֹת מַלְכוּתֶךָ וְדָתֵיהֶם שֹׁנוֹת מִכָּל־עָם וְאֶת־דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים וְלַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין־שֹׁוֶה לְהַנִּיחָם׃ ,And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus: There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws; therefore it profiteth not the king to suffer them.”
“obey your parents in the Lord”
“Don't think to yourself that you will escape in the king's house any more than all the Jews.,Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews., וַיֹּאמֶר מָרְדֳּכַי לְהָשִׁיב אֶל־אֶסְתֵּר אַל־תְּדַמִּי בְנַפְשֵׁךְ לְהִמָּלֵט בֵּית־הַמֶּלֶךְ מִכָּל־הַיְּהוּדִים׃ ,Then Mordecai bade them to return answer unto Esther: Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house”
“I and my people”
“that is”