Esther 9 - Introduction
_IN THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR, THE JEWS DESTROY THEIR ENEMIES: THE TEN SONS OF HAMAN ARE HANGED. THE FEAST OF PURIM, OR LOTS, IS INSTITUTED, IN MEMORY OF THIS EVENT._ _Before Christ 473._... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR, THE JEWS DESTROY THEIR ENEMIES: THE TEN SONS OF HAMAN ARE HANGED. THE FEAST OF PURIM, OR LOTS, IS INSTITUTED, IN MEMORY OF THIS EVENT._ _Before Christ 473._... [ Continue Reading ]
LET HAMAN'S TEN SONS BE HANGED UPON THE GALLOWS— it is not unlikely that many might be enraged at Haman's death, and his sons in particular might set themselves at the head of those who were bold enough to attempt the destruction of the Jews at Shushan, being resolved to revenge their father's death... [ Continue Reading ]
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 these words relate not to the book itself, but to the circular letters which Mordecai sent to the Jews... [ Continue Reading ]