Esther 8:12 (ASV)

Passage

upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Nearby Context

Esther 8:10 And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king`s ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king`s service, bred of the stud:

Esther 8:11 wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [their] little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Esther 8:12 upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Esther 8:13 A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

Esther 8:14 So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king`s service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king`s commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "upon", "provinces", "king", "ahasuerus", "namely", "thirteenth", and "twelfth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "upon" and "provinces", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "wherein the king granted the Jews that..." into verse 13's "A copy of the writing that the...", so "upon" and "provinces" belong inside that flow. In Esther context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "upon" and "provinces" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.