New American Standard Bible 1995

Esther 9:18-19

18But the Jews who were in Susa 1assembled on the thirteenth and 2the fourteenth 3of the same month, and they rested on the fifteenth 4day and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing. 19Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in 5the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a 6 7holiday for rejoicing and feasting and 8sending portions of food to one another.

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Notes

1. Esther 9:18 Esth 8:11; 9:2 ↩
2. Esther 9:18 Esth 9:21 ↩
3. Esther 9:18 Lit in it ↩
4. Esther 9:18 Lit in it ↩
5. Esther 9:19 Deut 3:5; Zech 2:4 ↩
6. Esther 9:19 Lit rejoicing and feasting and a good day and sending ↩
7. Esther 9:19 Esth 9:22 ↩
8. Esther 9:19 Neh 8:10 ↩

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