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JFB = Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Commentary JFB = Introduction AC = Adam Clarke Comentary AC = Chronology by Adam Clarke OU = OUtline of Esther
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Order of months in the *Jewish calendar |
Name of the*Jewish month |
English month |
An event in the year of Esther’s marriage |
Events in the year of Haman’s plot |
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1st month |
Nissan (or Nisan) |
March or April |
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Esther 3:7 – Haman used the *Purim. Esther 3:12 – Haman wrote his plot as a law. |
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2nd month |
Iyar |
April or May |
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3rd month |
Sivan |
May or June |
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Esther 8:9 – Mordecai wrote the law to save the *Jews. |
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4th month |
Tammuz |
June or July |
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5th month |
Av |
July or August |
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6th month |
Elul |
August or September |
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7th month |
Tishrei |
September or October |
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8th month |
Chesvan |
October or November |
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9th month |
Kislev |
November or December |
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10th month |
Teves (or Tebeth) |
December or January |
Esther 2:16 – Esther first went to King Xerxes |
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11th month |
Shevat |
January or February |
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12th month |
Adar |
February or March |
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Esther 3:7 – the date that the *Purim selected. Esther 3:13 – the date in Haman’s law was the 13th day of Adar. Esther 8:12 – the date when the *Jews could defend themselves. Esther chapter 9 – the *Jews defended themselves. |
About *Purim today
The *Jews still remember *Purim each year. It is on the 14th and 15th days of the month called Adar.
On the day before, the 13th day in the month called Adar, many *Jews do not eat food. This day is called the ‘fast of Esther’. A fast is when people do not eat for a short time.
The 14th and 15th days of the month called Adar are days to be happy. These days are called ‘*Purim’. *Jews have some special traditions on these days:
- They read the Book of Esther in public. This book is called the ‘Megilla’.
- They give gifts of food to friends.
- They give gifts to help poor people.
- They have a special meal with their family and friends. This meal is a happy party.
Word List
beauty treatment ~ oils that make a person’s body beautiful.
descendant ~ a child, grandchild, and so on; a person in your family who lives after you are dead.
gallows ~ a wooden structure where people used to hang criminals or enemies in order to kill them. Or, a wooden structure where people would hang the dead bodies of criminals or enemies.
Jews ~ people from the family of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Jewish ~ a word that describes a *Jew or anything that belongs to the people called *Jews.
kingdom ~ the place or territory or land where a king rules.
Purim ~ stones with numbers on them. People used them to choose a date by chance. Afterwards, Purim became the name of the *Jewish holiday. It is a happy holiday when *Jews remember the events in the Book of Esther.
sackcloth ~ a dress of very rough material that people may make from old sacks. People wore sackcloth to show shame. The person who wore it was very sorry or very sad.
virgin ~ a woman who has not had sex with a man.
Book List
Derek Prime ~ Unspoken Lessons about the Unseen God ~ Evangelical Press ~ Welwyn Commentary series.
D J Clines ~ Ezra, Nehemiah & Esther ~ Eerdmans/Marshall Morgan and Scott ~ New Century Bible Commentary
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