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THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ADAR AND THE FEAST OF PURIM
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The resistance and victory of the Jews (Esther 9:1)_
2. Esther's petition (Esther 9:12)
3. The institution of Purim (Esther 9:17)...
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THE JEWS SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES. Adar 13th, the dreadful
day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many
partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were
tho...
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COMMANDED. Hebrew. _'amar._ See note on Esther 1:10....
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Institution of memorial celebrations
12. _what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces!_ It
is best to take this, not, with A.V., as an actual question, but as
meaning, It is superflu...
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B. Progress
TEXT: Esther 9:6-15
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And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred
men.
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And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
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and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,...
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_AND THE KING COMMANDED IT SO TO BE DONE: AND THE DECREE WAS GIVEN AT
SHUSHAN; AND THEY HANGED HAMAN'S TEN SONS._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE
VERSES....
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THE JEWS SLAY THEIR ENEMIES. INSTITUTION OF PURIM
3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190
9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the
Persian author...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 9
V1 The 13th day of the 12th month (the month called Adar) was the day
to carry out the king’s law. This was the day when the enemies of
t...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לְ
הֵֽעָשֹׂ֣ות כֵּ֔ן
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DELIVERANCE BY THE SWORD
Esther 9:1
When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on
the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16, seventy-five thousand of
their assailants fell i...
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In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the
arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day
when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordecai...
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(11) On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the
palace was brought before the king. (12) And the king said unto Esther
the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men...
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The Feast of Purim
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we saw that even though the king had Haman killed on the
gallows he built for Mordecai, the damage he had done to the Jews was
still in motion!
1. Es...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10.
The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but
deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and
unacknow...
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AND THE KING COMMANDED IT SO TO BE DONE: AND THE DECREE WAS GIVEN AT
SHUSHAN,.... That the Jews might have leave to seek out and slay the
rest of their enemies in Shushan, on the fourteenth day, in li...
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And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at
Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Ver. 14. _And the king commanded it so to be done_] He feared not
that thereupon the pe...
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THE JEWS VICTORIOUS
(vv. 1-17)
On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews
expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables
were turned completely, for besi...
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1-19 The enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them by the
former edict. If they had attempted nothing against the people of God,
they would not themselves have suffered. The Jews, acting toge...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Esther 9:14 king H4428 commanded H559 (H8799) done H6213 (H8736)
decree H1881 issued H5414 (H8735) Shushan...
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CONTENTS: Vengeance executed; the Jews victorious. Feast of Purim
instituted.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: When we have received signal mercies from God, we should
be quick t...
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Esther 9:1. _The enemies of the Jews._ The Chaldean paraphrase says
that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these
were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles which...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:11 TOMORROW ALSO. Probably because there
were still armed men in Susa committed to carrying out the first
edict. THE TEN SONS OF HAMAN WERE HANGED. In keeping with Persian
roya...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 9:12.] If the Jews had killed five hundred men in Susa, how
many may they not have slain in other parts of the kingdom? The king
recognizes the fact that, if the Jews had to do...
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EXPOSITION
RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES, AND EFFECT
A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM, BUT DO NOT LAY HAN
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So, when this day came,
there in the city of Shushan, there were five hundred men that were
slain by the Jews (Esther 9:6).
Men who were seeking the evil of the Jews. And so they were able to
take th...