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Esther 9:1-10
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.
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.
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...
DREW NEAR - Or, “arrived,” or “reached the time” specified Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12....
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...
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...
X. Preservation of the Jews, Esther 9:1-19 A. Power TEXT: Esther 9:1-5 1 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...
_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...
9:1 enemies (c-35) See Psalms 8:2 , Note p....
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...
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...
IX. (1) DREW NEAR. — Arrived, came, as in Esther 8:17....
וּ בִ שְׁנֵים֩ עָשָׂ֨ר חֹ֜דֶשׁ הוּא ־חֹ֣דֶשׁ
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
THE ENEMIES SLAIN...
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...
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...
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...
ESTHER CHAPTER 9 The Jews slay their enemies, ESTHER 9:1, with the ten sons of Haman, ESTHER 9:10. Ahasuerus, at the request of Esther, granteth another day of slaughter, ESTHER 9:12. The days of Puri...
Esther 9:1 twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 month H2320 Adar H143 thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 came...
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...
_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...
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
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...
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 Samuel 22:41; Acts 12:11; Deuteronomy 32:36; Esther 3:13; Esther 3:7