What does Esther 1:22 mean?
Esther 1:22#N#For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
What is the order of Haman in Esther 3:12?
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people.
What is the New American Standard Bible?
New American Standard Bible. So the king’s scribes were summoned at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third day; and it was written in accordance with everything that Mordecai commanded the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the provinces which extended from India to Cush, 127 provinces, ...
Esther 8:9
Then were the king's scribes called at that time As they were to write the former letter, ( Esther 3:12 ) ,
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What is Esther 8:9?
Esther 8:9 — American Standard Version (ASV 1901) 9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, ...
What is the New International Version of Esther 8:9?
Esther 8:9 — The New International Version (NIV) 9 At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush. These orders were written in the script of each ...
What is the NRSV version of Esther 8:9?
Esther 8:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 9 The king’s secretaries were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces ...
What is the NLT 9?
Esther 8:9 — New Living Translation (NLT) 9 So on June 25 the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Mordecai dictated. It was sent to the Jews and to the highest officers, the governors, and the nobles of all the 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia. The decree was written in the scripts and languages ...
Coffman's Commentaries on the Bible
"Then were the king's scribes called at Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof, and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible
Sivan corresponds nearly to our June; it was the second month from the issue of the first edict Esther 3:12.
Dr. Constable's Expository Notes
The first decree, to destroy the Jews, had gone out on April 17, 474 B.C. ( Esther 3:12 ). [Note: R. A. Parker and W. H. Dubberstein, Babylonian Chronology 626 B.C.-A.D. 75, p. 31.] Ahasuerus published this second one, allowing the Jews to defend themselves, on June 25, 474 B.C.
Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
Then were the king's scribes called at that time ,.... As they were to write the former letter, Esther 3:12,