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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 9:20-32
We may well imagine how much affected Mordecai and Esther were with the triumphs of the Jews over their enemies, and how they saw the issue of that decisive day with a satisfaction proportionable to the care and concern with which they expected it. How were their hearts enlarged with joy in God and his salvation, and what new songs of praise were put into their mouths! But here we are told what course they took to spread the knowledge of it among their people, and to perpetuate the remembrance... read more