Esther 9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:30

And he sent letters unto all the Jews ,.... That is, Mordecai did, signed in the queen's name, and his own: to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus ; among which was Judea, that was become a province, first of the Chaldean, now of the Persian empire, see Ezra 5:8 to whom also these letters were sent, directing and ordering the Jews there to observe these days, who were also concerned in the deliverance wrought: with words of peace and truth exhorting... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:31

To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed ,.... The fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar: according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them ; in the letters written and signed by them both: and as they had decreed for themselves, and for their seed ; see Esther 9:27 , the matters of their fastings and their cry ; in commemoration of their deliverance from those distresses and calamities which occasioned fastings and prayers during the time of them;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:32

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim ,.... As a festival to be observed by the Jews in future generations: and it was written in the book ; either in this book of Esther; or in the public acts and chronicles of the kings of Persia; or in a book by itself, now lost, as Aben Ezra thinks, as many others are we read of in Scripture, as the books of the chronicles of the kings of Israel and Judah, &c.; read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9

On the thirteenth of the month Adar the Jews destroy their enemies, and the governors of the provinces assist them, Esther 9:1-5 . They slay five hundred in Shushan, and kill the ten sons of Haman, but take no spoil, Esther 9:6-10 . The king is informed of the slaughter in Shushan, Esther 9:11 . He desires to know what Esther requests farther; who begs that the Jews may be permitted to act on the following day as they had done on the preceding, and that Haman's sons may be hanged upon... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:1

Now in the twelfth month - What a number of providences, and none of them apparently of an extraordinary nature, concurred to preserve a people so signally, and to all human appearance so inevitably, doomed to destruction! None are ever too low for God to lift up, or too high for God to cast down. Must not these heathens have observed that the uncontrollable hand of an Almighty Being had worked in behalf of the Jews? And must not this have had a powerful tendency to discredit the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:3

And all the rulers of the provinces - Mordecai being raised to the highest confidence of the king, and to have authority over the whole realm, these officers assisted the Jews, no doubt, with the troops under their command, to overthrow those who availed themselves of the former decree to molest the Jews. For it does not appear that the Jews slew any person who did not rise up to destroy them. See Esther 9:5 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:6

And in Shushan - It is strange that in this city, where the king's mind must have been so well known, there should be found five hundred persons to rise up in hostility against those whom they knew the king befriended! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:10

The ten sons of Haman - Their names are given above. And it is remarked here, and in Esther 9:16 , where the account is given of the number slain in the provinces, that the Jews laid no hands on the spoil. They stood for their lives, and gave full proof that they sought their own personal safety, and not the property of their enemies, though the decree in their favor gave them authority to take the property of all those who were their adversaries, Esther 8:11 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:13

Let Haman ' s ten sons be hanged - They had been slain the preceding day, and now she requests that they may be exposed on posts or gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:15

And slew three hundred men - Esther had probably been informed by Mordecai that there were still many enemies of the Jews who sought their destruction, who had escaped the preceding day; and, therefore, begs that this second day be added to the former permission. This being accordingly granted, they found three hundred more, in all eight hundred. And thus Susa was purged of all their enemies. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:15

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