Two things are recorded in this chapter, which were working towards the deliverance of the Jews from Haman’s conspiracy:—I. The advancement of Esther to be queen instead of Vashti.

How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he exalted one of low degree, as the virgin Mary observes in her song and Hannah before her, 1 Sam. 2:4–8. Vashti being humbled for her height, Esther is advanced for her humility.

This good service which Mordecai did to the government, in discovering a plot against the life of the king, is here recorded, because the mention of it will again occur to his advantage.