Esther 9:15-19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 9:1-19

We have here a decisive battle fought between the Jews and their enemies, in which the Jews were victorious. Neither side was surprised; for both had notice of it long enough before, so that it was a fair trial of skill between them. Nor could either side call the other rebels, for they were both supported by the royal authority. I. The enemies of the Jews were the aggressors. They hoped, notwithstanding the latter edict, to have power over them, by virtue of the former (Est. 9:1), and made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:15

For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar ,.... As they had on the thirteenth: and slew three hundred men at Shushan ; the Targum adds, of the family of Amalek: but there is no reason to confine it to them; it respects all such as were the enemies of the Jews, and rose up against them; so that the whole number slain in Shushan were eight hundred persons, besides the sons of Human: but on the prey they laid not their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:16

But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together ,.... In a body, in their respective provinces and cities: and stood for their lives ; defended themselves against those that attacked them: and had rest from their enemies ; that selfsame day; all being destroyed by them, and none daring to appear against them: and slew of their foes 75,000 men ; that is, in all the provinces put together: but they laid not their hands on the prey ; See Gill on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:17

On the thirteenth day of the month Adar ,.... This belongs to the preceding verse; and the meaning is, that on this day the Jews gathered together and slew so many thousand of their enemies as before related: and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a feast of gladness : rejoicing that they were delivered out of the hand of their enemies, who hoped and expected on that day to have made an utter end of them; according to the Jewish canons F12 Lebush, c. 697.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:18

But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth day thereof ,.... Of the month Adar; that is, they gathered together to defend themselves, and destroy their enemies, on both these days, having the decree renewed for the fourteenth as they had for the thirteenth: and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness ; as the Jews in the provinces did on the fourteenth. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:19

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 they that do not dwell in walled towns, observed the fourteenth, and they in towns surrounded with walls the fifteenth, as Shushan; and this circumvallation, he says, must be what was from the days of Joshua; according to the Jewish canons, every place that was walled from the days of Joshua... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:18

The Jews - assembled - on the thirteenth - and on the fourteenth - These two days they were employed in slaying their enemies; and they rested on the fifteenth. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 the sacrifices slain on this occasion to the poor, that they also might be enabled to make the day a day of festivity; that as the sorrow was general, so also might the joy be. It is worthy of remark that the ancient Itala or Ante-hieronymian version of this book omits the whole of these nineteen verses. Query,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:1-16

Deliverance and victory. The history of "the chosen nation" is full of Divine deliverances. The present is only one of the many instances in which, by faith, the Israelites "escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens." I. THE MEANS of the deliverance and victory here related. Royal authority primarily accounts for it. Only by the sanction of the king could the Jews dare to draw the sword and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 9:1-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 9:19

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 9:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:1-16

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