Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The Jews of Susa, however, made the fifteenth a holiday, since they had slaughtered their enemies on the thirteenth and fourteenth and then stopped on the fifteenth. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness. of the same. Esther 9:17 Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets. Context The Feast of Purim Instituted18But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness.19But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats.… Cross References Esther 8:11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil. Esther 9:2 And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people. Esther 9:21 That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour: Jump to Previous Assembled Banquet Feasting Fifteenth Fourteenth Gathered Gladness However Jews Making Month Rejoicing Rest Rested Shushan Susa Thereof Thirteenth TogetherJump to Next Assembled Banquet Feasting Fifteenth Fourteenth Gathered Gladness However Jews Making Month Rejoicing Rest Rested Shushan Susa Thereof Thirteenth TogetherLinks Esther 9:18 NIVEsther 9:18 NLT Esther 9:18 ESV Esther 9:18 NASB Esther 9:18 Bible Apps Esther 9:18 Biblia Paralela Esther 9:18 Chinese Bible Esther 9:18 French Bible Esther 9:18 German Bible Alphabetical: a and assembled But day feasting fifteenth fourteenth had however in it Jews joy made month of on rejoicing rested same Susa The then they thirteenth were who OT History: Esther 9:18 But the Jews who were in Shushan (Est Esth. Es) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |