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Chinese Union (Simplified)
以斯帖记 9:24
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Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
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- InternationalParallel Translations
原本猶大人的敵人，亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼曾經設謀陷害猶大人，要消滅他們；他弄卜“普珥”，就是抽籤，為要打擊和消滅猶大人。
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the enemy: Esther 9:10, Esther 3:5-13
Pur: The word pur seems to be derived either from the Persian bahr and bar, a part, portion, lot, or pari, anything which happens fortuitously or fortunately; whence the annual festival in commemoration of the wonderful deliverance of the Jews from their enemies was called Purim, or in Arabic and Persian, Fuhr, or Lots; which has been observed by them, in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the present time, without any interruption. Esther 3:7
consume: Heb. crush
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:5 - The man Isaiah 22:25 - the burden
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them,.... Had formed a design to exterminate them from the whole Persian empire in one day:
and had cast Pur, (that is, the lot,) to consume them, and to destroy them; had cast lots to find out what would be the most lucky day in the year for him to do it on, and the most unlucky and unfortunate to the Jews; and, according to the lot, the thirteenth of Adar was pitched upon; this and the following verse give the reasons for observing the above two days as festivals.
