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 themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherev
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy an
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shal
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a fe
In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No
the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass
as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their
This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the report
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feas
Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing