Esther 9:13

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַתֹּ֤אמֶר va.To.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Esther	אֶסְתֵּר֙ 'es.Ter	H635	Ester · proper noun, a woman's name
please	ט֔וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
king	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
granted	יִנָּתֵ֣ן yi.na.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jews	לַיְּהוּדִים֙ lai.ye.hu.Dim	H3064	a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew) · preposition with the article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
Shushan	בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ן be.shu.Shan	H7800	Shushan · preposition + proper noun, a place name
do	לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
morrow	מָחָ֗ר ma.Char	H4279	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
day’s	הַיּ֑וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
decree	כְּדָ֣ת ke.Dat	H1881	a royal edict or statute · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Haman’s	הָמָ֖ן ha.Man	H2001	Haman · proper noun, a man's name
ten	עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת 'a.Se.ret	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · noun, common feminine singular construct
sons	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
hanged	יִתְל֥וּ yit.Lu	H8518	to suspend (especially to gibbet) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
gallows	הָעֵֽץ ha.'Etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Esther 8:11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay,…
Deuteronomy 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;)…
2 Samuel 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the…
2 Samuel 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together,…
Esther 9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at S…
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:1-19

We have here a decisive battle fought between the Jews and their enemies, in which the Jews were victorious. Neither side was surprised; for both had notice of it long enough before, so that it was a fair trial of skill between them. Nor could either side call the other rebels, for they were both supported by the royal authority. I. The enemies of the Jews were the aggressors. They hoped, notwithstanding the latter edict, to have power over them, by virtue of the former (Est 9:1), and made assaults upon them accordingly; they formed themselves into bodies, and joined in confederacy against them, to seek their hurt, Est 9:2. The Chaldee paraphrase says that none appeared against the Jews but…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:13

let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree--Their enemies adroitly concealing themselves for the first day might have returned on the next, when they imagined that the privilege of the Jews was expired; so that that people would have been surprised and slain. The extension of the decree to another day at the queen's special desire has exposed her to the charge of being actuated by a cruel and vindictive disposition. But her conduct in making this request is capable of full vindication, on the ground (1) that Haman's sons having taken a prominent part in avenging their father's fall, and having been previously slain in the melee, t…

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Adam Clarke on Esther 9:13

Let Haman's ten sons be hanged - They had been slain the preceding day, and now she requests that they may be exposed on posts or gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews.

John Gill on Esther 9:13

Then said Esther, if it please the king,.... For she was all submission to his will: let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan; for no further did she desire the grant to be extended: to do tomorrow also according to this days decree; one Targum makes the request only that they might keep the morrow as a festival, but the other, more rightly, to do according to the decree of this day; which was, to slay as many of their enemies as rose up against them; and whereas many might flee and hide themselves, who were implacable enemies of the Jews, Esther moves for a grant that the decree might be continued for the next day, that these might be found out and slain; in which she sought the…

Dictionary and topics

Gallows · Used for execution of criminals — Used for execution of criminals

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Esther 9:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:1-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:13

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:13

John Gill on Esther 9:13

Dictionary and topics

Esther 9:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:1-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:13

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:13

John Gill on Esther 9:13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 9:13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 9:13

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