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Esther 9:4

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

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In The King James Version

For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

In Context

3And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.

5So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:27So the Lord was with Joshua; and news of him went through all the land.

2 Samuel 3:1Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.

1 Chronicles 14:17And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.

Psalms 18:43\18:42\Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

Proverbs 4:18But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

Zephaniah 3:19See, at that time I will put an end to all who have been troubling you: I will give salvation to her whose steps are uncertain, and get together her who has been sent in flight; and I will make them a cause of praise and an honoured name in all the earth, when I let their fate be changed.

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:2-20

The Jews Avenged. ( b. c. 509.) 1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man… Read the whole commentary →

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