"Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority,h to confirm this second letter of Purim."
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Verse Esther 9:29. _ESTHER - WROTE WITH ALL AUTHORITY_] Esther and
Mordecai had the king's license so to do: and their own authority was
great and extensive....
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THIS SECOND LETTER OF PURIM - Mordecai’s first letter Esther 9:20
was to some extent tentative, a recommendation. The Jews generally
having accepted the recommendation Esther 9:23, Esther 9:27, he and...
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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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THE DAUGHTER OF ABIHAIL. See Esther 2:15.
CONFIRM. Hebrew. _kum,_ as in verses: Esther 9:21; Esther 9:31....
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_the daughter of Abihail_ She was probably thus designated in the
letter itself.
_letter_ See on Esther 9:26....
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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...
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C. Posted
TEXT: Esther 9:29-32
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Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew,
wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
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And he sent letters unt...
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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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THIS SECOND LETTER. — It seems to us that the first letter must be
that extracted from the king by Esther (Esther 8:8), and consequently
this “second letter “is Mordecai’s (Esther 9:20), which is now...
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וַ֠ תִּכְתֹּב אֶסְתֵּ֨ר הַ מַּלְכָּ֧ה
בַת ־אֲבִיחַ֛יִל וּ מָרְדֳּכַ֥י הַ
יְּהוּדִ֖י אֶת ־כָּל ־תֹּ֑קֶף...
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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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_Second. The first might be the edict, (chap. viii. 9.) or else the
provisional establishment of the festival, as it could not have
general authority till it was ratified by the high priest; after
whi...
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(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...
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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
unackno...
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THEN ESTHER THE QUEEN, THE DAUGHTER OF ABIHAIL, AND MORDECAI THE JEW,
WROTE WITH ALL AUTHORITY,.... Strongly pressing the observance of this
festival; before, Mordecai only recommended it, but now the...
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Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew,
wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
Ver. 29. _Then Esther the queen, &c._] See Esther 2:15. Mordeca...
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_Then Esther and Mordecai wrote with all authority_ As well they
might, Esther being queen, and Mordecai prime minister of state. The
former letter (Est 9:20) did only recommend, but this enjoins the...
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THE PURIM FESTIVAL INSTITUTED...
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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 bes...
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ALL AUTHORITY:
_ Heb._ all strength...
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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...
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WROTE WITH ALL AUTHORITY: the former letter, ESTHER 9:20, did only
recommend, but this enjoins the observation of this solemnity; because
this was not only Mordecai's act, who yet had by the king's gr...
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Esther 9:29 Queen H4436 Esther H635 daughter H1323 Abihail H32
Mordecai H4782 Jew H3064 wrote H3789 (H8799) authority H8633 confirm
H6965 (H8763) second H8145 letter H107 Purim H6332
the daughter of...
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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 9:23 PURIM. The Hebrew plural of PUR (see note
on 3:7). Jews still keep the Feast of Purim today. THIS SECOND LETTER
suggests that the differences between rural and urban Jews (E...
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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...
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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 HAND ON THEIR GOODS (Esther
9:1). The Jews of all the provinces, having had a...
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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 t...
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Esther 3:15; Esther 8:10; Esther 9:20...
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Wrote — The former letter, Esther 9:20, did only recommend but this
enjoins the observation of this solemnity: because this was not only
Mordecai's act, but the act of all the Jews, binding themselves...