Esther 9:4

For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad through all men's mouths.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai:

5So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:

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Cross References

Joshua 6:27And the Lord was with Josue, and his name was noised throughout all the land.

2 Samuel 3:1Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.

1 Chronicles 14:17And the name of David became famous in all countries, and the Lord made all nations fear him.

Psalms 18:43And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.

Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.

Zephaniah 3:19Behold I will cut off all that have afflicted thee at that time: and I will save her that halteth, and will gather her that was cast out: and I will get them praise, and a name, in all the land where they had been put to confusion.

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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