Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
came	וּבְבֹאָהּ֮ u.ve.vo.'Ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
king	הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ ha.me.leKh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
commanded	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
letters	הַסֵּ֔פֶר ha.Se.fer	H5612	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wicked	הָרָעָ֛ה ha.ra.'Ah	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
device	מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧וֹ ma.cha.shav.To	H4284	a contrivance · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
devised	חָשַׁ֥ב cha.Shav	H2803	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jews	הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים hai.ye.hu.Dim	H3064	a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew) · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
return	יָשׁ֞וּב ya.Shuv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
head	רֹאשׁ֑וֹ ro.Sho	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sons	בָּנָ֖יו ba.Nav	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hanged	וְתָל֥וּ ve.ta.Lu	H8518	to suspend (especially to gibbet) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
gallows	הָעֵֽץ ha.'Etz	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Esther 7:5-8:14 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Esther 9:13-14 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 d…
Psalms 109:17-18 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Psalms 140:9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Psalms 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Matthew 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20–end

We may well imagine how much affected Mordecai and Esther were with the triumphs of the Jews over their enemies, and how they saw the issue of that decisive day with a satisfaction proportionable to the care and concern with which they expected it. How were their hearts enlarged with joy in God and his salvation, and what new songs of praise were put into their mouths! But here we are told what course they took to spread the knowledge of it among their people, and to perpetuate the remembrance of it to posterity, for the honour of God and the encouragement of his people to trust in him at all times. I. The history was written, and copies of it were dispersed among all the Jews in all the pro…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:20

THE TWO DAYS OF PURIM MADE FESTIVAL. (Est 9:20-32) Mordecai wrote these things--Commentators are not agreed what is particularly meant by "these things"; whether the letters following, or an account of these marvellous events to be preserved in the families of the Jewish people, and transmitted from one generation to another.

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:23

The Jews undertook to do as they had begun - They had already kept the fifteenth day, and some of them in the country the fourteenth also, as a day of rejoicing: Mordecai wrote to them to bind themselves and their successors, and all their proselytes, to celebrate this as an annual feast throughout all their generations; and this they undertook to do. And it has been observed among them, in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the present time, without any interruption.

John Gill on Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king,.... To request of him her life, and the life of her people: he commanded by letters, that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; that whereas his wicked scheme was to destroy all the Jews, the king, by his second letter, gave orders that the Jews should have liberty to defend themselves, and destroy their enemies which rose up against them; and the friends and party of Haman were entirely cut off: and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows; which he had prepared for Mordecai; not that they were ordered to be hanged together, nor were they; Haman was hanged before on the twenty third day of t…

Dictionary and topics

Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
Pur, Purim — A lot, lots, a festival instituted by the Jews (Esther 9:24-32) in ironical commemoration of Haman’s consultation of the Pur (a Persian word), for the purpose of ascertaining the auspicious day for…
Feast Of Purim, Or Lots, The · To commemorate the defeat of Haman’s wicked design — To commemorate the defeat of Haman’s wicked design
Gallows · Used for execution of criminals — Used for execution of criminals
Purim · from the plot of Haman — from the plot of Haman

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 9:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:20

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:23

John Gill on Esther 9:25

Dictionary and topics

Esther 9:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:20

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:23

John Gill on Esther 9:25

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 9:25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 9:23-26

Rashi on Esther 9:25