In the 12th year of King Xerxes, in the 1st month, the month of Nisan (March, 474 B.C.) the pur—that is, the lot—was cast to select a day and month to destroy the Jews. And the lot fell on the 12th month, the month of Adar (March, 473 B.C.) (Esther 3:7) The irony is that […]…