In the book] probably a book, not now extant, dealing with the Purim festival; but some authorities think that 'the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia' (href='190 10:2'>Est 10:2) is meant.
Verse Esther 9:32. _THE DECREE OF ESTHER CONFIRMED THESE MATTERS_] It was received by the Jews universally with all respect, and they bound themselves to abide by it. The _Vulgate_ gives a strange t...
As “the book” elsewhere in Esther always means a particular book - “the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia” - Esther 2:23; Esther 6:1; Esther 10:2 it seems best to give it the sam...
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)...
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...
DECREE. command. Hebrew. _ma'amar._ Occurs only in Esther (Esther 1:15)....
_in the book_ not meaning the Book of Esther, but most likely the book from which the compiler drew this part of his materials....
Further injunctions on the part of Esther and Mordecai The Jews having readily agreed to the directions which Mordecai had given in the first letter, and expressed their readiness (Esther 9:28) to ac...
AND MORDECAI WROTE THESE THINGS, &C.— See the introductory note to this book. It is from the 20th verse that some have supposed Mordecai to have been the author of it: but it is very evident, that the...
C. Posted TEXT: Esther 9:29-32 29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim. 30 And he sent letters unt...
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...
IN THE BOOK. — It is doubtful what “the book” here means. The Vulgate explains it of the Book of Esther itself, and so many modern scholars. Still “the book” hardly seems a natural Hebrew way of refer...
וּ מַאֲמַ֣ר אֶסְתֵּ֔ר קִיַּ֕ם דִּבְרֵ֥י הַ פּ
THE FEAST OF PURIM Esther 9:20; Esther 10:1 The Feast of Purim-so called from Esther 3:7 -was held on the 14th and 15th of Adar, our February. The whole of this book was read on the previous evening...
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...
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...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! while proclamations are made and religiously observed, for the annual celebration of deliverances; do thou get away to the mountain of holiness, in the gospel Church of Jesus, and...
(20) В¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, (21) To stablish this among them, that they should...
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...
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...
AND THE DECREE OF ESTHER CONFIRMED THESE MATTERS OF PURIM,.... As a festival to be observed by the Jews in future generations: AND IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK; either in this book of Esther; or in the...
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. Ver. 32. _And the decree of Esther confirmed, &c._] _Dux femina facti._ Money was coined in the year 1588, i...
_And the decree of Esther_ Who had received authority and commission from the king to impose this upon all the Jews; _confirmed these things_ She commanded the forementioned decree, which confirmed or...
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book, that which related the events connected with the establishment of the festival. The Feast of Esther, or that...
THE PURIM FESTIVAL INSTITUTED...
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...
20-32 The observance of the Jewish feasts, is a public declaration of the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testament Scriptures are true, the Messiah expected by the Jews is come...
ESTHER had received authority and commission from the king to impose this upon all the Jews. IN THE BOOK; either in the public registers of that kingdom; or rather, in the records which the Jews kept...
Esther 9:32 decree H3982 Esther H635 confirmed H6965 (H8765) matters H1697 Purim H6332 written H3789 (H8737) book...
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...
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...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:23 PURIM. The Hebrew plural of PUR (see note on 3:7). Jews still keep the Feast of Purim today. THIS SECOND LETTER sugges
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 9:29.] A second letter from queen Esther and Mordecai to appoint fasting and lamentation on the days of Purim. ESTHER 9:32.] The feast of Purim instituted by letters from Mor...
EXPOSITION RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES, AND EFFECT A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM, BUT DO NOT LAY HAN
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...
2 Chronicles 34:27; Esther 1:15; Esther 2:20; Exodus 17:14...
Either — Who had received authority from the king. The book — In the records which the Jews kept of their most memorable passages....