Esther 9:25 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 9:25

23 So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,

24 because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, ^ahad plotted against the Jews to annihilate them, and had cast Pur (that is, the lot), to consume them and destroy them;

25 but ^awhen Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that² this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should ^breturn on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

26 So they called these days Purim, after the name Pur. Therefore, because of all the words of ^athis letter, what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had happened to them,

27 the Jews established and imposed it upon themselves and their descendants and all who would ^ajoin them, that without fail they should celebrate these two days every year, according to the written instructions and according to the prescribed time,

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Definitions of words in Esther 9:25:

Against {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Before {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Esther {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Esther {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Esther {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Gallows {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gallows {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Haman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Haman {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Haman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Head {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jews {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Letter {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Letter {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Esther 9:25:

Festivals, Religious {Easton's}
Pur, Purim {Easton's}
Hanging {I.S.B.E.}

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