Esther 9:23

Esther 9:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
• New International Version (NIV)So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,

Context of Esther 9:23

21to establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, 22as the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them. 24For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the oppressor 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; 25and when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

Esther 9:23 word by word

וְקִבֵּל֙ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־הֵחֵ֖לּוּ לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־כָּתַ֥ב מָרְדֳּכַ֖י אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Jewsיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• begunחָלַלchâlal · to boreH2490
• Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
• writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789

Cross-references for Esther 9:23

• Esther 3:12Then were the king's scribes called, in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the [month], and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language: in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
• Exodus 13:3And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought you out from this; and nothing leavened shall be eaten.
• Psalms 103:2Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
• Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, Jehovah, I will praise thee; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.
• Isaiah 14:3And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy trouble and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
• Psalms 30:11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
• Matthew 5:4Blessed they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
• John 16:20Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy.
• Esther 9:19Therefore the Jews of the villages that dwell in the country towns make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of joy and feasting, and a good day, and on which they send portions one to another.
• Nehemiah 8:10And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.
• Luke 11:41But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
• Acts 2:44And all that believed were together, and had all things common,
• Galatians 2:10only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.

Commentaries on Esther 9:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23The Jews undertook to do as they had begun - They had already kept the fifteenth day, and some of them in the country the fourteenth also, as a day of rejoicing: Mordecai wrote to them to bind themselves and their successors, and all their proselytes, to celebrate this as an annual feast throughout all their generations; and this they undertook to do. And it has been observed among them, in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the present…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-32Verses 20-32 The observance of the Jewish feasts, is a public declaration of the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testament Scriptures are true, the Messiah expected by the Jews is come long ago; and none but Jesus of Nazareth can be that Messiah. The festival was appointed by authority, yet under the direction of the Spirit of God. It was called the feast of Purim, from a Persian word, which signifies a lot. The name of this festival…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-26These verses summarize the events that lead to the Festival of Purim.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3220. Mordecai wrote these things--Commentators are not agreed what is particularly meant by "these things"; whether the letters following, or an account of these marvellous events to be preserved in the families of the Jewish people, and transmitted from one generation to another.Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 9:23

• Month
• Purim

In the dictionaries

• Mordecai
• 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