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13Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

Esther 5:13

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 9-14)

This account here given of Haman is a comment upon that of Solomon, Prov. 21:24. Proud and haughty scorner is his name that deals in proud wrath . Never did any man more answer that name than Haman, in whom pride and wrath had so much the ascendant. See him, I. Puffed up with the honour of being invited to Esther’s feast. He was joyful and glad of heart at it, Est. 5:9. Observe with what a high gu...

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