For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Shushan - Here probably the lower town, which lay east of the upper one, and was of about the same size (compare the Est 9:6 note).
Adam Clarke
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,…
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…
Institution of memorial celebrations
12. what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! It is best to take this, not, with A.V., as an actual question, but as meaning, It is superfluous…
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