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CHAPTER IX
_On the thirteenth of the month Adar the Jews destroy their_
_enemies, and the governors of the provinces assist them_, 1-5.
_They slay_ five hundred _in Shushan, and kill the_ ten _sons...
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DREW NEAR - Or, “arrived,” or “reached the time” specified
Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12....
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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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THIRTEENTH. See note on Esther 3:12.
COMMANDMENT. Hebrew. _dabar._ See note on Esther 1:12.
DECREE. Hebrew. _dath_. See note on Esther 2:8.
POWER. mastery. See note on...
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Esther 9:1-10. Overthrow of the Jews" enemies
The story, omitting the intermediate months of preparation, now passes
to the date fixed by the decree for the Jews" overthrow....
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_when the king's commandment_ Beginning with these words, and
extending to the end of this long verse, is a series of clauses, thus
postponing the actual narrative. The writer's motive for this
length...
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X. Preservation of the Jews, Esther 9:1-19
A. Power
TEXT: Esther 9:1-5
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Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the same, when the king's commandment and his de...
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_NOW IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, THAT IS, THE MONTH ADAR, ON THE THIRTEENTH
DAY OF THE SAME, WHEN THE KING'S COMMANDMENT AND HIS DECREE DREW NEAR
TO BE PUT IN EXECUTION, IN THE DAY THAT THE ENEMIES OF THE J...
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9:1 enemies (c-35) See Psalms 8:2 , Note p....
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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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IX.
(1) DREW NEAR. — Arrived, came, as in Esther 8:17....
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וּ בִ שְׁנֵים֩ עָשָׂ֨ר חֹ֜דֶשׁ הוּא
־חֹ֣דֶשׁ
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MORDECAI
Esther 2:5; Esther 4:1; Esther 6:10; Esther 9:1
THE hectic enthusiast who inspires Daniel Deronda with his passionate
ideas is evidently a
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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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Now in the twelfth month, that [is], the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near
to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the...
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As. Hebrew, "(which is the month of Adar) when the king's command and
edict drew near to be executed, in that day when the enemies of the
Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it turned out that...
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(1) В¶ Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the
thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree
drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of...
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CONTENTS
We have in this chapter the sequel of the whole history. The day long
appointed for the destruction of the Jews being arrived, and the Jews
having obtained a new grant, to stand up for their...
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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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NOW IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, THAT IS THE MONTH ADAR, ON THE THIRTEENTH
DAY OF THE SAME,.... Of which see Esther 3:13,
WHEN THE KING'S COMMANDMENT AND HIS DECREE DREW NEAR TO BE PUT IN
EXECUTION; even bo...
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Now in the twelfth month, that [is], the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near
to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the...
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_The king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in
execution_ At the close of the last chapter we left two royal edicts
in force, both given at the court at Shushan, one bearing date the
th...
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THE ENEMIES SLAIN...
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Now, in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, the last month of
the Jewish church-year, ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE SAME, WHEN THE
KING'S COMMANDMENT AND HIS DECREE DREW NEAR TO BE PUT IN EXECU...
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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 9:1 twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 month H2320 Adar H143
thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 came...
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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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_Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar._
HOPE AND FOREBODING
I. Hope blighted. In the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to
have power over them. The human reasonableness of this hop...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:1 THE JEWS... DID AS THEY PLEASED (v. Esther
9:5). They took full advantage of the opportunity to defeat their
attackers, as they were allowed to do (s
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CRITICAL NOTES.] The Jews destroy their enemies, and at Mordecai’s
request establish the festival of Purim.
ESTHER 9:1. IN THE TWELFTH MONTH, ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE SAME,
THE JEWS GATHERED THEMS...
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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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2 Samuel 22:41; Acts 12:11; Deuteronomy 32:36; Esther 3:13; Esther 3:7