Esther 9:1
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So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries.

A.

3552. B.C.

452. in the twelfth.

Esther 3:7,13 In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the Jews should be destroyed: and there came out the twelfth month, which is called Adar. . . .

Esther 8:12 And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.

hoped.

Acts 12:11 And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know in very deed that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

though it was turned.

Deuteronomy 32:36 The Lord will judge his people, and will have mercy on his servants: he shall see that their hand is weakened, and that they who were shut up have also failed, and they that remained are consumed.

2 Samuel 22:41 My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.

Psalm 30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:

Isaiah 14:1,2 Her time is near at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground: and the stranger shall be joined with them, and shall adhere to the house of Jacob. . . .

Isaiah 60:14-16 And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel. . . .

Revelation 11:18 And the nations were angry: and thy wrath is come. And the time of the dead, that they should be judged and that thou shouldest render reward to thy servants the prophets and the saints, and to them that fear thy name, little and great: and shouldest destroy them who have corrupted the earth.

Context
The Jews Destroy Their Enemies
1So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries.2And 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.…
Cross References
Esther 3:13
Were sent by the king's messengers to all provinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods.

Esther 8:6
For how can I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?

Esther 8:12
And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.

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.

Lexicon
On the thirteenth
בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה (biš·lō·wō·šāh)
Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

day
יוֹם֙ (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of the twelfth
וּבִשְׁנֵים֩ (ū·ḇiš·nêm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

month,
חֹ֜דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

the month
חֹ֣דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

of Adar,
אֲדָ֗ר (’ă·ḏār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 143: The twelfth month in the Jewish calendar

the king's
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

command
דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

and edict
וְדָת֖וֹ (wə·ḏā·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1881: A royal edict, statute

were to be executed.
לְהֵעָשׂ֑וֹת (lə·hê·‘ā·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

On this day
בַּיּ֗וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

the enemies
אֹיְבֵ֤י (’ō·yə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 341: Hating, an adversary

of the Jews
הַיְּהוּדִים֙ (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish

had hoped
שִׂבְּר֜וּ (śib·bə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7663: To scrutinize, to expect

to overpower
לִשְׁל֣וֹט (liš·lō·wṭ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7980: To dominate, govern, to permit

them,
בָּהֶ֔ם (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

but the tables were turned
וְנַהֲפ֣וֹךְ (wə·na·hă·p̄ō·wḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

and the Jews
הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish

overpowered
יִשְׁלְט֧וּ (yiš·lə·ṭū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7980: To dominate, govern, to permit

those
הֵ֖מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

who hated them.
בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃ (bə·śō·nə·’ê·hem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8130: To hate


Additional Translations
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 the tables were turned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.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 of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

Now in the twelfth month, which 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, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them,)

For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.

And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),

Now in the twelfth month, which 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 of the Jews hoped to have rule over them; whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;

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 of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),

And in the twelfth month -- it is the month of Adar -- on the thirteenth day of it, in which the word of the king, even his law, hath come to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to rule over them, and it is turned that the Jews rule over those hating them --
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