Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation This was on the thirteenth day of Adar. On the next day, the fourteenth, there was no more killing, and they made it a joyful day of feasting. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets. gathered themselves. Esther 9:2 And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people. Esther 8:11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil. stood. Esther 8:11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil. Leviticus 26:7,8 You shall pursue your enemies: and they shall fall before you. . . . Context Haman's Sons Hanged…16Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods. 17Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets. Cross References Esther 9:1 So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries. Esther 9:21 That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour: Jump to Previous Adar Banquet Feasting Fourteenth Gladness Joy Month Rejoicing Rest Rested ThirteenthJump to Next Adar Banquet Feasting Fourteenth Gladness Joy Month Rejoicing Rest Rested ThirteenthLinks Esther 9:17 NIVEsther 9:17 NLT Esther 9:17 ESV Esther 9:17 NASB Esther 9:17 Bible Apps Esther 9:17 Biblia Paralela Esther 9:17 Chinese Bible Esther 9:17 French Bible Esther 9:17 German Bible Alphabetical: a Adar and day done feasting fourteenth happened it joy made month of on rejoicing rested the they thirteenth This was OT History: Esther 9:17 This was done on the thirteenth day (Est Esth. Es) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |