Additions to Esther 9:18

18 The Jews of Susa, however, made the fifteenth a holiday, since they had slaughtered their enemies on the thirteenth and fourteenth and did not stop until the fifteenth.

Additions to Esther 9:18 In-Context

16 The Jews in the provinces also organized and defended themselves. They rid themselves of their enemies by killing 15,000 people on the thirteenth day of Adar, but they did no looting.

17 On the next day, the fourteenth, there was no more killing, and the Jews made it a joyful holiday of rest and feasting.

18 The Jews of Susa, however, made the fifteenth a holiday, since they had slaughtered their enemies on the thirteenth and fourteenth and did not stop until the fifteenth.

19 This is why Jews who live in small towns observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday, a time of giving gifts of food to one another, while the Jews in the large cities celebrate the holiday in the same way on the fifteenth.

20 Mordecai had these events written down in a book and sent it to all the Jews, near and far, throughout the Persian Empire,