And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and these days of Purim are not to pass away among the Jews, nor their remembrance to cease among their seed. The participles ונעשׂים נזכּרים still depend on להיות, Esther 9:27. Not till the last clause does the construction change in להיות לא to the temp. finit. יעבור ולא is a periphrasis of the adverb: imperishably, inviolably. כּכתבם, secundum scriptum eorum, i.e., as Mordochai had written concerning them (Esther 9:23). כּזמנּם, as he had appointed their time. מן סוּף, to come to an end from, i.e., to cease among their descendants.

Esther 10:2 Parallel Commentaries

all the acts.

1 Kings 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

1 Kings 22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built...

advanced him. Heb. made him great.

Esther 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold...

Esther 9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces...

Psalm 18:35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great.

Daniel 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon...

in the book.

Esther 2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree...

Esther 6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles...

1 Kings 14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold...

Media. Media, which comprehended the modern Azerbijan and part of Irak, was a celebrated country of Asia, bounded on the north by the Caspian Sea and Armenia, west by Assyria, south by Susiana and Persia, and east by Hyrcania and Parthia, extending from

30? to

37? N. lat. and

45? to

53? E. long.

Persia. Persia Proper, now Fars, was but a small province, being bounded on the north by Media, west by Susiana, south by the Persian Gulf, and east by Caramania, extending from

27? to

33? N. lat. and

50? to

55? E. long. But the Persian empire in its ancient state extended from the Hellespont to the Indus, above

2,800 miles, and from Pontus to the shores of Arabia, above

2,000 miles; comprehending a multitude of various nations.