15 Mordecai went out robed in royal apparel, wearing a golden crown and a diadem of fine purple linen. The people in Susa saw it and rejoiced. (WEB) 16 The Jews had light and gladness (WEB) 17 in every city and province where the ordinance was published. Wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth. Many of the Gentiles were circumcised and became Jews for fear of the Jews. (WEB)
Greek Esther 8:15–17
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Esther 8:16–17
16 For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor. 17 In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land the…
1 Maccabees 7:47–49
47 The Jews took the spoils and the booty, and they cut off Nicanor’s head and his right hand, which he had stretched out so arrogantly, and brought them, and hung them up beside Jerusalem. (WEB) 48 The people were exceedingly glad, and they kept that day as a day of grea… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 4:57–59
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Greek Esther 4:2–4
2 He came to the king’s gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace wearing sackcloth and ashes. (WEB) 3 And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning on the part of the Jews. They w… (WEB)
Greek Esther 9:17–19
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Greek Esther 9:21–23
21 to establish these as joyful days and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar; (WEB) 22 for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and in that month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a h… (WEB)
Esther 9:21–23
21 to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar 22 as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote t…
Esther 4:2–4
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