Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 9:21

To establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

Because both these days had been set apart this year, the latter at Shushan, the former in other parts; and because that great work of God, which was the ground of this solemnity, had been done both upon the thirteenth and the fourteenth day.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

To stablish this among them,…. That it might be a settled thing, and annually observed in all future generations, what they had now done:

that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly; as the former had been observed by the Jews in the provinces, and both by those in Shushan, Es 9:17

as festivals in commemoration of their great deliverance; hence the fourteenth of Adar is called the day of Mordecai, being established by him;

“And they ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirtieth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mardocheus’ day.” (2 Maccabees 15:36)

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(21) And the fifteenth day of the same.The Jews in the provinces had already made the fourteenth day a day of gladness and feasting. Mordecai now bids that the fifteenth also be so kept.

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

21. To establish this among them That is, to establish or appoint the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar as an annual feast of joy and gladness.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Est 9:21 To stablish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

Ver. 21. To establish this among them ] sc. By a law, that they should yearly on those two days rest, and repeat among themselves that signal deliverance, propagating the remembrance of it to all posterity. Mordecai well knew that eaten bread is soon forgotten, that deliverances are usually but nine days’ wonderment, that it is easy and ordinary with people to rob God and wrong themselves by their unthankfulness, which forfeiteth former mercies and forestalleth future, he therefore settleth it upon them, saith the text, statuendo eis ut facerent, he exacteth it of them by virtue of his office.

That they should keep the fourteenth day, and the fifteenth day ] Both days, nam gaudet produci haec solennitas, for he rejoices to promote these feasts, as Austin said of the feast of Pentecost, such a solemnity should be drawn out to the full length, as the silkworm stretcheth forth herself before she spinneth her finest thread. Jehoshaphat and his people showed themselves unsatisfiable in their praises, which they presented again and again, 2Ch 20:26-27 . And good Hezekiah, when he observed in his subjects such a float of affections at the passover, and that they were in so good a frame, took counsel with them to keep other seven days, and they kept other seven days with gladness, 2Ch 30:21-23 . See with what a flood of words holy David poureth forth his soul in prayer, Psa 145:1-8 , as if therewith he would even fill up the distance between God and himself. Sometimes he seemeth to forget himself in point of praising God; for he will, like a bird, having got a note, record it over and over, as Psa 136:1-26 . And in the last psalm there are but six verses yet twelve hallelujahs. He concludeth, Let everything that hath breath, or, Let every breath praise the Lord, let it be as the smoke of the tabernacle, when peace offerings were offered. Tam Dei meminisse opus est quam respirare, saith Chrysostom, We have as much need to remember God as to take breath.

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

stablish = ordain. Hebrew. kum, as in verses: Est 9:29, Est 9:31.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

Reciprocal: 2Ch 30:5 – established Ezr 6:15 – Adar Est 3:7 – Adar Est 9:17 – of the same

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Est 9:21. To establish this to keep the fourteenth day, and the fifteenth day of the month Adar The twelfth month; just a month before the passover. Thus the first and the last month of the year were kept in remembrance of the days when God preserved them. They were enjoined to keep two days together, because both those days had been set apart this year, the latter at Shushan, and the former in other parts; and because that victory over their enemies, which was to be the ground of this festival, had been achieved on both the thirteenth and fourteenth days. Let us not be niggardly in our returns of praise to him, who bestows his favours so liberally upon us.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments