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ESV Reformation Study Bible – Esth 9:2
Esth 9:2
9:2 fear of them. Fear of the God of the Jews was behind the Persians’ pervasive fear of the Jews (cf. Ex. 15:14–16). The reversal (v. 1 note) was so complete that all the officials who were to have enforced the extermination of the Jews aided them.