Tebeth (compare the corresponding Egyptian month, “Tobi” or “Tubi”), corresponded nearly to our January.

In the seventh year of his reign…

The month Tebeth. —This extended from the new moon in January to that in February; the name occurs only here. The fifth Egyptian m…

So Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his house royal ,
&c.] Did not return on the morrow to the house of th…

We see to what absurd practices those resorted who were lacking Divine revelation, and what need there was for the gospel of Christ to purify peopl…