So on April 17 the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Haman dictated. It was sent to the king’s highest officers, the governors of the respective provinces, and the nobles of each province in their own scripts and languages. The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king’s signet ring.
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On the thirteenth day - Haman had, apparently (compare Esther 3:7 with Esther 3:13), obtained by his use of the lot the 13th day of Adar as …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
On the thirteenth day of the first month. —From the next verse we see that the thirteenth of Adar was to be the lucky day for Hama…
John Gill
JohnGill
Then were the king's scribes called, on the thirteenth day of
the first month
The mon…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Without some acquaintance with the human heart and the history of mankind, we would not think that any prince could consent to a dreadful proposal,…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes