Then the king's secretaries were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the princes of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasu-e'rus and sealed with the king's 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,…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes