Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Esther 9:19
The Jews of the villages ... - Rather, “the Jews of the country districts, that dwelt in the country towns,” as distinguished from those who dwelt in the metropolis.
The Jews of the villages ... - Rather, “the Jews of the country districts, that dwelt in the country towns,” as distinguished from those who dwelt in the metropolis.
Verse Esther 9:19. _THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES_] They joined that to the preceding day, and made it a day of festivity, and _of sending_ _portions to each other_; that is, the _rich_ sent portions of t...
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...
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...
_the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make etc._ not -dwelt" and -made" as in the A.V. The writer is describing the custom of his own day as arising out of the circumstances her...
C. Peace TEXT: Esther 9:16-19 16 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...
_THEREFORE THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES, THAT DWELT IN THE UNWALLED TOWNS, MADE THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR A DAY OF GLADNESS AND FEASTING, AND A GOOD DAY, AND OF SENDING PORTIONS ONE TO ANOTHER....
THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES] better, 'the Jews of the country districts.' SENDING PORTIONS] i.e. to the poor among them: cp. Nehemiah 8:10....
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...
THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES... THE UNWALLED TOWNS. — Virtually the same Hebrew word is used in both these cases (_perazim, perazoth_). The meaning is that of country towns, undefended by bulwarks, or, at...
עַל ־כֵּ֞ן הַ יְּהוּדִ֣ים _הַ_†_פְּרָזִ֗ים_† הַ...
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...
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, (k) made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to ano...
_Meats, not only to the poor, but to all their friends, ver. 22., and 2 Esdras viii. 10. (Calmet)_...
(17) On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. (18) But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together o...
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...
THEREFORE THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES, THAT DWELT IN THE UNWALLED TOWNS, MADE THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR A DAY OF GLADNESS AND FEASTING,.... Jarchi observes that those in the villages, who are...
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another...
_The Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns_ Hebrew, _in the cities of the villages;_ that is, in the lesser cities and villages, which are here opposed to the great city Shushan, and...
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelled in the unwalled towns, outside the capital, MADE THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR A DAY OF GLADNESS AND FEASTING, AND A GOOD DAY, a special holiday...
THE ENEMIES SLAIN...
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...
THEREFORE, to wit, because they did their whole work upon the thirteenth day, as was noted ESTHER 9:17, to which this manifestly relates, the 18th verse coming in as it were by way of parenthesis. IN...
Esther 9:19 Jews H3064 villages H6521 dwelt H3427 (H8802) unwalled H6519 towns H5892 celebrated H6213 (H8802) fourteen
MONTH ADAR That is, March; (Esther 9:15); (Esther 9:17)....
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...
_On the thirteenth day of the month Adar._ A NATIONAL MEMORIAL This national memorial-- I. Was established by supreme authority. II. Was approved by a grateful people. III. Was sanctioned by the...
A GOOD DAY A day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another,... and gifts to the poor. Esther 9:19; Esther 9:22. What do you call a good day? I wonder. Do you e...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 9:17. THEREFORE … THE FOURTEENTH DAY] Because the Jews outside of Shushan did all their fighting on the thirteenth, and rested on the fourteenth, as stated in Esther 9:17, THER...
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...
Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14; Esther 8:17; Esther 9:22;...