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Barnes' Notes on Esther 10:1

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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A tribute - Perhaps an allusion to some fresh arrangement of the tribute likely to have followed on the return of Xerxes from Greece. Upon the isles of the sea - Cyprus, Aradus, the island of Tyre, Platea, etc., remained in the hands of the Persians after the victories of the Greeks, and may be the “isles” here intended. return to 'Top of Page'
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