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SEVENTY AND FIVE THOUSAND - The Septuagint gives the number as 15,000;
and this amount seems more in proportion to the 800 slain in Susa....
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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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THEIR LIVES. themselves Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
HAD REST FROM. Dr. Ginsburg thinks the Hebrew should read "to avenge
themselves upon". Compare Esther 8:13....
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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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C. Peace
TEXT: Esther 9:16-19
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And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from
their enemies, and slew of them that...
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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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HAD REST] This anticipates what took place on the 'fourteenth' of Adar
(href='190 9:17'>Est 9:17).
SEVENTY AND FIVE THOUSAND] LXX has 'fifteen thousand.'...
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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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SEVENTY AND FIVE THOUSAND. — The number as given in the LXX. is
fifteen thousand, perhaps a more probable number. On the whole
history, Bishop Wordsworth well remarks, “It shows the recklessness
of hu...
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וּ שְׁאָ֣ר הַ יְּהוּדִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ בִּ
מְדִינֹ
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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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But the other Jews that [were] in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for (g) their lives, and had rest from
their enemies, and slew of their (h) foes seventy and five thousan...
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_Lives. In many cases they would probably be attacked, as Aman's edict
was perhaps still in force, as well as that of Mardochai. Hence both
parties would be upon the watch. (Haydock) --- Seventy-five....
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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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BUT THE OTHER JEWS THAT WERE IN THE KING'S PROVINCES GATHERED
THEMSELVES TOGETHER,.... In a body, in their respective provinces and
cities:
AND STOOD FOR THEIR LIVES; defended themselves against thos...
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But the other Jews that [were] in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from
their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but
t...
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_And had rest from their enemies_ Who could not stand before them, and
therefore ceased to molest them. _But they laid not their hands on the
prey_ It is probable Mordecai, in his letters, had charged...
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But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, outside of those living at Shushan, AND STOOD FOR
THEIR LIVES AND HAD REST FROM THEIR ENEMIES, they succeeded in
secu...
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THE ENEMIES SLAIN...
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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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Esther 9:16 remainder H7605 Jews H3064 kings H4428 provinces H4082
together H6950 (H8738) protected H5975 (H8800) live
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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 9:16 Two different dates arose for celebrating
the deliverance of the Jews. In rural areas the fighting was completed
on the THIRTEENTH day of Adar, so they celebrated on the FOU...
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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...
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Esther 8:11; Esther 9:2; Leviticus 26:7; Leviticus 26:8...