John Gill's Exposition on Esther 9:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, etc.] This belongs to the preceding verse; and the meaning is, that on this day the Jews gathered together and slew so many thousand of their enemies as before related: and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a feast of gladness: rejoicing that they were delivered out of the hand of their enemies, who hoped and expected on that day to have made an utter end of them; according to the Jewish canons f174, mourning and fasting on this day were forbidden, but feasting and gladness were to be multiplied.

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