And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
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Gill's Exposition
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies,.... Having slain all those that rose up against them, and assaulted them:
and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and…
Adam Clarke
Mordecai wrote these things - It has been supposed that thus far that part of the book of Esther, which was written by Mordecai extends: what follows to the end, was probably added either by Ezra, or…
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…
Mordecai's injunctions for the keeping of Purim
20. And Mordecai wrote these things Mordecai's position as a Jew, who had attained to the office of grand vizier, seems to have been regarded as giving…
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