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Esther 9:21 KJV
Esther · chapter 9 · verse 21
To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,Esther 9:21 · King James Version
Esther 9:21 in context
19Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
20And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
21To stablish 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 wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto 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.
23And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fourteenthʼarbaʻfourH702 →
- fourteenthʻâsârtenH6240 →
- fifteenthchâmêshfiveH2568 →
- stablishqûwmto riseH6965 →
- yearlyshâneha yearH8141 →
- monthchôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
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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 the care and concern with which they expected it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-32