Esther 9:18
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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.

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:

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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 Instituted
18But 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.…
Lexicon
The Jews
וְהַיְּהוּדִ֣ים (wə·hay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish

in Susa, however,
בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן (bə·šū·šān)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7800: Susa -- residence of person kings

had assembled
נִקְהֲלוּ֙ (niq·hă·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6950: To gather as an assembly or congregation

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

and the fourteenth
וּבְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (ū·ḇə·’ar·bā·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

days of the month.
עָשָׂ֖ר (‘ā·śār)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6240: Ten

So they rested
וְנ֗וֹחַ (wə·nō·w·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 5117: To rest, settle down

on the fifteenth
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

day,
עָשָׂר֙ (‘ā·śār)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6240: Ten

making
וְעָשֹׂ֣ה (wə·‘ā·śōh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

it
אֹת֔וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

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

of feasting
מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה (miš·teh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast

and joy.
וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (wə·śim·ḥāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8057: Blithesomeness, glee


Additional Translations
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.But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

But the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness.

But the Jews that were at Shushan gathered themselves together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

But the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled on the thirteenth day of the month, and on the fourteenth of it: and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

And the Jews who are in Shushan have been assembled, on the thirteenth day of it, and on the fourteenth of it, even to rest on the fifteenth of it, and to make it a day of banquet and of joy.
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