The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Susa; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
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The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Susa; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
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And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
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And the king commanded it so to be done; and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Est 9:14 And the king commanded it so to…
Est 9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
Ver. 14. And the king commanded it so to be done] He feared not that thereupon the people would rise and call him tyrant to his teeth; as when Bajazet II had cast Achmetes Bassa into prison, the janizaries in an uproar insolently answered the Great Turk, that they would by and by teach him, as a drunkard, a beast, and a rascal, to use his great place and calling with more sobriety and discretion (Turk. Hist. fol. 444). Ahasuerus well enough knew his own power, and was therefore the more bold in disposing, after this manner, of the lives of his subjects, who were ready to say to him, as once Tiberius did to Justinus, Si tu volueris, ego sum; si tu non vis, ego non sum; If you are willing, I am, if you are not willing, I am not. I am wholly yours to command.
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And the decree was given at Shushan] Dictum, concessum, illico factum. Spoken, agreed, immediately done. The king was not willing to cross Esther in anything, saith Josephus.
And they hanged Haman’s ten sons] For greater ignominy and terror to others. Thus God commanded the heads of the twelve princes of Israel to be hanged up against the sun, Num 25:4. Joshua hanged the king of Ai upon a gallows until the evening, Jos 8:29, and after that the five kings of the Amorites, Jos 10:27 God hanged up Absalom with his own bare hand.
Absalon marte furens pensilis arbore obit.
Absalon died in a tree fighting punished for his rage.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the other Jews that were in the king's…
But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together,.... In a body, in their respective provinces and cities:
and stood for their lives; defended themselves against those that attacked them:
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and had rest from their enemies; that selfsame day; all being destroyed by them, and none daring to appear against them:
and slew of their foes 75,000 men; that is, in all the provinces put together:
but they laid not their hands on the prey; See Gill on Est 9:7.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They hanged the ten sons of Haman. Exposure on…
They hanged the ten sons of Haman. Exposure on a cross was regarded as a deep disgrace, and was a punishment often inflicted by the Persians on persons killed in some other way (see Herod., 3:125; 7:238; Xen., "Anab.," 3. 1, Pint., "Vit. Artax.,"
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:14 So the king agreed, and the decree was…
9:14 So the king agreed, and the decree was announced in Susa: It was not in the king’s interest for there to be warring parties within the palace plotting to kill one another.
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