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Esther 9:3

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3 All the officials of the provinces and 1the satraps and the governors and the royal agents also helped the Jews, for the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.
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Esther 9:3 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 9:3

And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and
the deputies, and officers of the king, blessed the Jews
Countenanced them and encouraged them, and gave them all assistance in their power; extolled them, as the word signifies, lifted them up, and spoke well of them, or praised them, as the Targum:

because the fear of Mordecai was upon them;
he being now chief minister, they might fear, if they took part with the enemies of the Jews against them, they might be turned out of their places.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Esther 9:3 In-Context

1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and edict were about to be carried out, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.
2 The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen on all peoples.
3 All the officials of the provinces and the satraps and the governors and the royal agents also helped the Jews, for the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.
4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful.
5 The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

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