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 of all the peoples of the empire, including that of the Jews.
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Sivan corresponds nearly to our June; it was the second month from the issue of the first edict (Esther 3:12).
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The month Sivan. —This name also occurs in Baruch 1:8. Sivan began with the new moon in May. Rather more than two months had thus …
John Gill
JohnGill
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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Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
It was time to be earnest when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people.…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes