Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 9:24

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that [is], the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

24. Pur, that is, the lot ] See on Est 3:7.

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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.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

For Haman, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them (comp. Est 3:1, Est 3:6.), and had cast Pur, that is the lot (see on Est 3:7), to consume them and to destroy them. , mostly used of the discomfiture with which God destroys the enemies, Exo 14:24; Deu 2:15, and elsewhere.

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(24) Pur.See above on Est. 3:7.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Est 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that [is], the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Ver. 24. Because Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, &c. ] In detestation of whose wicked plot, the Jews at this day, when, at this feast of Purim, they read the Book of Esther in their synagogues, as oft as they hear mention of Haman they do with their fists and hammers beat upon the benches and boards, as if they did knock upon Haman’s head (Anton. Meraanta. lib. de Jud. Cerem.). Lavater saith the Papists in some countries do the like on Good Friday, when, in reading the Gospel, mention is made of Judas the traitor. But as for Fawkes, Digby, Piercy, Catesby, and the rest of that hellish crew of Popish Hamans, treacherous Judases, these they have crowned with fresh eulogies, and little less than sainted. Garnet (that boute-feu) has his picture set among the rest of Rome’s saints, in the Jesuits’ Church at Rome, with this inscription, Voluisse sat est. To have been willing is enough. Prodigious impudency (Cornel. a Lapide in Apoc. vii. 8).

And had cast Pur ] But found, to his cost, that “there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither any divination against Israel,” but that, “according to this time it should be said of Jacob and Israel” (said by way of wonder at God’s doing on their behalf), “What hath God wrought!” Num 23:23 .

To consume them ] Heb. to crush them, ut contereret eos, as a thing crushed to pieces, as the lesser beasts are crushed by the lion, or as things are broken with a wooden hammer.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

the enemy: Est 9:10, Est 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. Est 3:7

consume: Heb. crush

Reciprocal: 2Sa 21:5 – The man Isa 22:25 – the burden

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Est 9:24. Because Haman had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot Haman had, by lot, determined this to be the time of the Jews destruction; but the Lord, at whose disposal the lot is, had determined it to be the time of their triumph. The name of this festival, therefore, would remind them of the sovereign dominion of the God of Israel, who served his own purposes by the foolish superstitions of the heathen, and outwitted the monthly prognosticators in their craft, Isa 47:14, frustrating the tokens of the liars, and making the diviners mad, Isa 44:26.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had {n} cast Pur, that [is], the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

(n) Read Ezr 3:7.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes