Esther 9:4

For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

Berean Standard Bible

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 officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

5The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:27So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.

2 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

1 Chronicles 14:17And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.

Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.

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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