Also Vashti the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where King Ahasuerus lived.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Vasthi. Septuagint Astin. Bible.—Serarius suspects she was the king’s sister, or daughter, as such marriages were common in Persia. Tirinus.—The name is not very different from that of Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus, who was married to Cambyses, Smerdis, and Darius; to the latter of whom she bore four children. Herod. iii. 68. and vii. 3.—This prince had other wives, particularly Artistona, ( Calmet. our Hadossa, ( Bible.) or Esther) whom he espoused a virgin, and love the most. Herodotus seems to confound her with Atossa.—Dwell. Some Greek copies have “in her own palaces.” Usher.—It was proper for women to be more retired. Menochius.—The men feasted in the open air. Bible.