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Es 10:1-3.
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Es 10:1-3.
AHASUERUS' GREATNESS. MORDECAI'S ADVANCEMENT.
1. Ahasuerus laid a tribute--This passage being an appendix to the history, and improperly separated from the preceding chapter, it might be that the occasion of levying this new impost arose out of the commotions raised by Haman's conspiracy. Neither the nature nor the amount of the tax has been recorded; only it was not a local tribute, but one exacted from all parts of his vast empire.
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2. 论到末底改的尊大——这位敬虔而优秀的犹太人的经历，正好印证了那句话：“凡自高的，必降为卑；自卑的，必升为高”
[太 23:12； 路 14:11; 18:14]。
他本甘心坐在王门那里，如今却被擢升为最高的臣宰、统管全国的权臣。他始终按真理与公义的大原则行事，他的尊大所以能立得稳固。他公开承认自己的信仰，而他作为真宗教信徒的影响力，对于促进犹太百姓的福祉、并为神增添荣耀，都大有功用。
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2. the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai--The experience of this pious and excellent Jew verified the statement, "he that humbleth himself shall be exalted"
[Mt 23:12; Lu 14:11; 18:14].
From sitting contentedly at the king's gate, he was raised to the dignity of highest subject, the powerful ruler of the kingdom. Acting uniformly on the great principles of truth and righteousness, his greatness rested on a firm foundation. His faith was openly avowed, and his influence as a professor of the true religion was of the greatest usefulness for promoting the welfare of the Jewish people, as well as for advancing the glory of God.
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3. 末底改……仅次于亚哈随鲁王……在犹太人中为大等等——这位敬虔而爱国的犹太人被擢升，得以掌握最高的官职权柄，对当时受苦的教会而言，具有极大的意义；因为他素来有此心志，如今便能将王室的影响力与权柄用以促进他那些被掳同胞的利益，并扩展他们的特权。从这个角度看，神护理的作为在他那出乎意料的擢升的每一步中都清晰可辨。这一护理的干预之所以更显得非凡，乃因它正如约瑟的情形一样，是借使事情寻常而自然的进程导致最为奇妙的结果而显明出来的。借用一位杰出主教虔敬的话说：“尽管在这一整段故事中，并无神大能的特别彰显，也没有任何特殊的因由或代理者在其运作上超乎寻常的自然境界，然而神所立定的这些寻常代理者的安排与配合，本身就比用真正超自然之法来成就同一目的更为可佩。”在东方朝廷中，一个人从卑微被轻忽的境地骤然擢升至最有权势和影响力的职位，并非罕见，也非稀奇。在位君王的任性、偏私的偏爱，或者，也可能是他识破潜伏的精力与才干的敏锐眼光，常常“从粪堆中抬举贫寒人，使他们与王子同坐”
[撒上 2:8]。
近代波斯一些权势滔天的宰相，以及埃及不少的贝伊（bey），都是以这种方式被擢升到各自尊位的。因此，“仅次于亚哈随鲁、在犹太人中为大的”末底改的擢升，完全符合那地方“命运之轮”急速旋转的情形。但若考虑到末底改擢升的一切情形——不仅他得着王的恩宠，更“得众弟兄的喜悦”——这无疑是主的作为，在他百姓眼中实在奇妙。
得众弟兄的喜悦——他们对他的尊大非但不存嫉妒，反而因这样一位好人被擢升至官职而称颂神。
向众子孙说平安的话——他在执政时，虽以宽厚公正的手腕施行治理，但凡同胞向他求计求援，他都格外热切友善地相待。
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罗伯特·贾米森（Robert Jamieson）、A. R. 福塞特（A. R. Fausset）、大卫·布朗（David Brown）
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3. For Mordecai . . . was next unto King Ahasuerus . . . great among the Jews, &c.--The elevation of this pious and patriotic Jew to the possession of the highest official power was of very great importance to the suffering church at that period; for it enabled him, who all along possessed the disposition, now to direct the royal influence and authority in promoting the interests and extending the privileges of his exiled countrymen. Viewed in this light, the providence of God is plainly traceable in all the steps that led to his unexpected advancement. This providential interposition is all the more remarkable, that, as in the analogous case of Joseph, it was displayed in making the ordinary and natural course of things lead to the most marvellous results. To use the pious words of an eminent prelate, "though in the whole of this episode there was no extraordinary manifestation of God's power, no particular cause or agent that was in its working advanced above the ordinary pitch of nature, yet the contrivance, and suiting these ordinary agents appointed by God, is in itself more admirable than if the same end had been effected by means that were truly miraculous." The sudden advancement of individuals from obscurity and neglect to the highest stations of power and influence is, in Eastern courts, no extraordinary nor infrequent occurrence. The caprice, the weak partiality of the reigning sovereign, or, it may be, his penetrating discernment in discovering latent energy and talent, has often "raised the beggar from the dunghill, and set him among princes"
[1Sa 2:8].
Some of the all-powerful viziers in modern Persia, and not a few of the beys in Egypt, have been elevated to their respective dignities in this manner. And, therefore, the advancement of "Mordecai, who was next unto Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews," was in perfect accordance with the rapid revolution of "the wheel of fortune" in that part of the world. But, considering all the circumstances of Mordecai's advancement, not only his gaining the favor of the king, but his being "accepted of the multitude of his brethren, it was beyond all controversy the doing of the Lord, and was truly marvellous in his people's eyes."
accepted of the multitude of his brethren--Far from being envious of his grandeur, they blessed God for the elevation to official power of so good a man.
speaking peace to all his seed--While his administration was conducted with a mild and impartial hand, he showed a peculiarly warm and friendly feeling to all his countrymen when asked his counsel or his aid.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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斯 10:1-3。
亚哈随鲁的威荣。末底改的高升。
1. 亚哈随鲁王进贡——本段既为历史的附录，且与上一章被不当地分隔开来，那么征收这一新税项的缘由，可能正是因哈曼的阴谋所引起的动荡而起。这税的性质与数额都未有记载；只知它并非一地性的贡赋，而是从他那庞大帝国各处征收而来的。