Esther 9:18

Esther 9:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
• New International Version (NIV)The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth, and then on the fifteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the Jews who were in Susa gathered on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested on the fifteenth day, making that a day of feasting and gladness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the Jews who were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Context of Esther 9:18

16The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces assembled, defended themselves, and gained relief from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them, but they did not seize any plunder. 17They fought on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar and rested on the fourteenth, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing. But the Jews in Susa had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. They rested on the fifteenth day of the month, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing. 19This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another. 20Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all of King Ahasuerus’s provinces, both near and far.

Esther 9:18 word by word

וְהַיְּהוּדִ֣ים אֲשֶׁר־בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן נִקְהֲלוּ֙ בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וּבְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר בּ֑וֹ וְנ֗וֹחַ בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וְעָשֹׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ י֖וֹם מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But the Jewsיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• at Shushanשׁוּשַׁןshûshan · SusaH7800
• assembled togetherקָהַלqâhal · to gatherH6950
• on the thirteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• on the thirteenthשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• thereof, and on the fourteenthאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• thereof; and on the fifteenthחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• of the same they restedנוּחַnûach nôach · restH5118
• and madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• it a dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of feastingמִשְׁתֶּהmishteh · feastH4960
• and gladnessשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057

Cross-references for Esther 9:18

• Esther 9:17They fought on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar and rested on the fourteenth, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing.

Commentaries on Esther 9:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The Jews - assembled - on the thirteenth - and on the fourteenth - These two days they were employed in slaying their enemies; and they rested on the fifteenth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18See Esther 3:13 note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-191. in the twelfth month, ... on the thirteenth day of the same--This was the day which Haman's superstitious advisers had led him to select as the most fortunate for the execution of his exterminating scheme against the Jews [Es 3:7].Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 9:18

• Feasts
• Month

In the dictionaries

• Esther, Book of
• Text of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Esther 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings