Esther 8:12

Modern

The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

Traditional

Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Literal

…on a single day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the three and tenth day of the two and tenth month, it is, the month of Adar.

Latin

Et constituta est per omnes provincias una ultionis dies, id est tertiadecima mensis duodecimi Adar.

Hebrew

English

The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

the thirteenth day of the twelfth month: This date was almost a year after Haman's first decree was announced (Esther 3:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Esther 9:1
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
Esther 3:13–15
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
Judges 1:6–7
As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
Exodus 15:9–10
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

Adar: The twelfth month of the Hebrew religious calendar Ahasuerus: Persian Emperor (probably Xerxes I); husband of Esther