Esther 9:17-19

New King James Version

¹⁷ This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of ^[a]the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

The Feast of Purim

¹⁸ But the Jews who were at ^[b]Shushan assembled together ^(A)on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of ^[c]the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. ¹⁹ Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns celebrated the fourteenth day of the month of Adar ^(B)with gladness and feasting, ^(C)as a holiday, and for ^(D)sending presents to one another.