Est 9:19-22 | TSK | e4.org | gladness , ; , ; ; ; ; sending portions The eastern princes and people not only invite their friends to feasts, but it is their custom to send a portion of the banquet to those that cannot well attend, especially their relations, and those in a state of mourning. Thus, when the Grand Emir found that it incommoded M. D'Arvieux to eat with him, he desired him to take his own time for eating, and sent him from his kitchen what he liked best.

‏ Esther 9:19-22

gladness Esth 9:22, Esth 8:17; Deut 16:11, Deut 16:14; Neh 8:10-12; Ps 118:11-16; Luke 11:41; Rev 11:10

sending portions The eastern princes and people not only invite their friends to feasts, but it is their custom to send a portion of the banquet to those that cannot well attend, especially their relations, and those in a state of mourning. Thus, when the Grand Emir found that it incommoded M. D'Arvieux to eat with him, he desired him to take his own time for eating, and sent him from his kitchen what he liked best.

Mordecai That is, as the words imply, the history contained in this book; and not merely the letters afterwards mentioned, as some understand it.

wrote these Exod 17:14; Deut 31:19-22; 1Chr 16:12; Ps 124:1-3, Ps 145:4-12; 2Cor 1:10-11

in all the provinces Esth 1:1, Esth 1:22, Esth 3:12, Esth 8:9

the days Esth 3:12-13; Exod 13:3-8; Ps 103:2; Isa 12:1-2, Isa 14:3

from sorrow Ps 30:11; Matt 5:4; John 16:20-22

sending portions Esth 9:19; Neh 8:10-12; Luke 11:41; Acts 2:44-46; Gal 2:10