“ And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, ”
Most of these names are Persian, and readily traceable to Old Persian roots. Esther 9:10 On the spoil laid they not their hand - As they might have done (see the margin reference).
The Jews Successful against their Enemies. Adar 13th, the dreadful day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were...
And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Jews Slay their Enemies. Institution of Purim 3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190 9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the Persian...
(7-9) The names of the ten sons of Haman are, except Adalia, all readily traceable to old Persian roots. It may be noted that in a Hebrew Bible the ten names are written vertically, one under the oth...
Deliverance by the Sword Esther 9:1-32 When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16 , seventy-five thousand of their assail...
In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordeca...
(1) В¶ Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies o...
Esther 9:7 .
THE JEWS VICTORIOUS (vv. 1-17) On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables were turned completely, for...
The Jews Avenged. B. C. 509. 1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on t...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 9:6 . In Shushan the palace the Jews slew … five hundred] Shushan the palace is here evidently to be taken in the sense of the place or city of the palace, equivalent to...
Esther 9:1 . The enemies of the Jews. The Chaldean paraphrase says that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles whi...
EXPOSITION RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT ' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES , AND EFFECT A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM , BUT DO NOT LAY HAND ON THEIR GOODS ( E...
The Enemies Slain
Esther 9:8