18 The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
Esther 9:18
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Greek Esther 9:17–19
17 They rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness. (WEB) 18 The Jews in the city of Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day and rested; and they also observed the fifteenth with joy and gladness. (WEB) 19 On this account then,… (WEB)
Greek Esther 10:12–14
12 God remembered his people and vindicated his inheritance. (WEB) 13 They shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the month, with an assembly, joy, and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever among his peo… (WEB)
Esther 9:21–23
21 to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar 22 as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote t…
Greek Esther 9:21–23
21 to establish these as joyful days and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar; (WEB) 22 for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and in that month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a h… (WEB)
Esther 1:4–6
4 And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness. 5 At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa,… 6 …
1 Maccabees 7:48–50
48 The people were exceedingly glad, and they kept that day as a day of great gladness. (WEB) 49 They ordained to keep this day year by year on the thirteenth day of Adar. (WEB) 50 So the land of Judah had rest a few days. (WEB)
Esther 8:16–17
16 For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor. 17 In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land the…
Esther 9:1–2
1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them. 2 In ea…
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