Esther 8:17 References

17 In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a aholiday. And bmany among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

a Esther 9:19

Esther 9

19 Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in athe rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a bholiday for rejoicing and feasting and csending portions of food to one another.

Other references for Esther 8:17

b Esther 9:27