Esther 9:24-32

24 For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and ¹had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them.

25 But ²when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter ³that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, ⁴should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

26 Therefore * they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. And ⁵because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,

27 the Jews established and made a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for ⁶all those who allied themselves with them, so that they would not fail ⁷to celebrate these two days according to their regulation and according to their appointed time annually *.

28 So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to fail from among the Jews, or their memory fade from their descendants.

29 Then Queen Esther, ⁸daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm ⁹this second letter about Purim.

30 He sent letters to all the Jews, ¹⁰to the 127 * * provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,

31 to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their descendants with instructions ¹¹for their times of fasting and their lamentations.

32 The command of Esther established these customs for ¹²Purim, and it was written in the book.

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Esther 9:24-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 9

In this chapter we have an account of the Jews gathering together, on the day fixed for their destruction, to defend themselves, which they did in all the provinces, and smote their enemies; Es 9:1-5. In Shushan the palace they slew the ten sons of Haman and five hundred men on that day, Es 9:6-11 and at the request of the queen they were allowed the next day to hang up his sons, when they slew three hundred men more, Es 9:12-15, in the provinces they slew 75,000 and those in one day only, and the following days they kept as a festival, but they in Shushan kept the two days following, Es 9:16-19, and which two days were established by Esther and Mordecai as festivals, to be observed as such in future ages, by the name of the days of Purim, Es 9:20-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

1. Esther 3:7
2. Esther 7:4-10
3. Esther 3:6-15
4. Psalms 7:16
5. Esther 9:20
6. Esther 8:17
7. Esther 9:20, 21
8. Esther 2:15
9. Esther 9:20, 21
10. Esther 1:1
11. Esther 4:3
12. Esther 9:26

Footnotes 14

[a]. Lit "before the king, he"
[b]. Lit "schemed"
[c]. Lit "tree"
[d]. Lit "Therefore because of all the words"
[e]. Lit "received"
[f]. Lit "seed"
[g]. Lit "it should not pass away"
[h]. Lit "writing"
[i]. Lit "pass away"
[j]. Lit "end"
[k]. Lit "seed"
[l]. Lit "seed"
[m]. Lit "words"
[n]. Lit "words"