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     * the king's servants.
       Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we
       quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses,
       we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches
       on each side, where the master of the family receives visits,
       and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest
       relations, having admission any farther, except upon
       extraordinary occasions."  These servants were probably
       officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely
       that Mordecai was one of them.

     # 2:19,21|
     * bowed.
     # Ge 41:43; Php 2:10|
     * bowed not.
       {Yichr(8320)welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated
       himself," or worshipped him.  Had this meant only civil
       reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor
       would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some
       kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the
       Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express
       adoration.

     # 1,5; Ex 17:14,16; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3; Ps 15:4|