The Jews kill their enemies
9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s command and his order drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to take power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had ruled, over the ones that hated them;)
9:2 The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to stretch out a hand against those seeking their evil. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the governors, and those doing business with of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecaiמָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration:mārdᵊḵay Pronunciation; mor-dek-ah’-ee “little man” or “worshiper of Mars” cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim For more info click here fell upon them.
9:4 For Mordecaiמָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration:mārdᵊḵay Pronunciation; mor-dek-ah’-ee “little man” or “worshiper of Mars” cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim For more info click here [was] great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces, for this man Mordecaiמָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration:mārdᵊḵay Pronunciation; mor-dek-ah’-ee “little man” or “worshiper of Mars” cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim For more info click here was going on growing [greater].
9:5 The Jews struck all their haters with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they desired to those that hated them.
9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
9:8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, they killed; but they didn’t lay their hands on the spoil.
9:11 On that day the number of those that were killed in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
9:12 And the king said to Estherאֶסְתֵּר
Transliteration;’estēr Pronunciation es-tare’ Esther = “star” the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther – daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin For more info click here the queen, The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your petition? And it shall be given to you. And what is your further request? and it will be done.
9:13 Then Estherאֶסְתֵּר
Transliteration;’estēr Pronunciation es-tare’ Esther = “star” the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther – daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin For more info click here, said If it pleases the king, let it be given to the Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the wooden [gallows].
Haman’s sons hung
9:14 And the king commanded it to be done so: and the order was given at Shushan; and they hung Haman’s ten sons.
9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan also assembled on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men at Shushan; but they didn’t lay hand on the spoil.
9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy five thousand of their foes, but they didn’t lay hand on the spoil.
9:17 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.
9:18 And the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day of it, and on the fourteenth of it; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
9:19 On account of this the Jews of the villages, that lived 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 feast of Purim is instituted
9:20 And Mordecaiמָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration:mārdᵊḵay Pronunciation; mor-dek-ah’-ee “little man” or “worshiper of Mars” cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim For more info click here wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, near and far,
9:21 To establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
9:22 As the days in which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: to make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecaiמָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration:mārdᵊḵay Pronunciation; mor-dek-ah’-ee “little man” or “worshiper of Mars” cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim For more info click here had written to them;
9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that [is], the lot, to torment them, and to destroy them;
9:25 But when [Estherאֶסְתֵּר
Transliteration;’estēr Pronunciation es-tare’ Esther = “star” the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther – daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin For more info click here] came before the king, he commanded by the letter, let his wicked plot, which he plotted against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the wooden [gallows].
9:26 On account of this they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. For on account of all the words of this letter, and of that what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had touched them,
9:27 The Jews rose up, and took on themselves and on their seed, and on all joining themselves to them, so as it should not fail, to be keeping those two days according to their writing, and according to their time every year;
9:28 And [that] these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and [that] these days of Purim should not pass from among the Jews, or the memory not perish from their seed.
9:29 Then Estherאֶסְתֵּר
Transliteration;’estēr Pronunciation es-tare’ Esther = “star” the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther – daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin For more info click here the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecaiמָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration:mārdᵊḵay Pronunciation; mor-dek-ah’-ee “little man” or “worshiper of Mars” cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim For more info click here the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
9:30 And he sent the letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
9:31 This was in order to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecaiמָרְדְּכַי
Transliteration:mārdᵊḵay Pronunciation; mor-dek-ah’-ee “little man” or “worshiper of Mars” cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim For more info click here the Jew and Estherאֶסְתֵּר
Transliteration;’estēr Pronunciation es-tare’ Esther = “star” the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther – daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin For more info click here the queen had ordered them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
9:32 And the decree of Estherאֶסְתֵּר
Transliteration;’estēr Pronunciation es-tare’ Esther = “star” the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther – daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin For more info click here confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
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