Esther 9:4
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.
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Joshua 6:27And Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
2 Samuel 3:1And the war was long between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker.
1 Chronicles 14:17And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all the nations.
Psalms 18:43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time I will deal with all them that afflict thee; and I will save her that halted, and gather her that was driven out; and I will make them a praise and a name in all the lands where they have been put to shame.
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 →