Esther 9:18
16 The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
17 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
19 This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
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- BSB
- The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
- 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.
- WEB
- But the Jews who were in Susa assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- ASV
- But the Jews that were in 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.
- DARBY
- But the Jews that were at Shushan gathered themselves together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
- BLB
- And the Jews who [were] in Susa assembled on the three [and] tenth of it, and on the four [and] tenth of it, then they rested on the five [and] tenth of it, and they made it a day of feasting and joy.
- ÅB
- Men jødene i Susan slo seg sammen både på den trettende dag og på den fjortende dag i måneden, og på den femtende dag hvilte de ut, og de gjorde den til en gjestebuds- og gledesdag.
- OTB
- Men jødene i Susa hadde samlet seg på den trettende og fjortende dagen, og på den femtende dagen hvilte de og gjorde det til en dag med fest og glede.
- B1930
- Men jødene i Susan slo sig sammen både på den trettende dag og på den fjortende dag i måneden, og på den femtende dag hvilte de ut, og de gjorde den til en gjestebuds- og gledesdag.
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Esther 9:21
to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
Read in contextEsther 9:15
On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Read in contextEsther 9:1
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
Read in contextEsther 9:13
Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
Read in contextEsther 9:11
On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
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