Esther 9:24
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur,.... The lot; because of the lots cast by Haman; see Est 3:7,
therefore for all the words of this letter; in obedience to what Mordecai…
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…