Esther 9:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Then Esther and Mordecai wrote with all authority As well they might, Esther being queen, and Mordecai prime minister of state. The former letter (Est 9:20) did only recommend, but this enjoins the observance of this solemnity. And it was not only the act of the queen and Mordecai, but also the act of all the Jews, binding themselves and their posterity to it.

Esther 9:29

29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority,h to confirm this second letter of Purim.