Esther 9:10 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 9:10

They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

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ASV

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

KJV

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

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Commentary

5 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The ten sons of Haman - Their names are given above. And it is remarked here, and in Est 9:16, where the account is given of the number slain in the provinces, that the Jews laid no hands on the spoil. They stood for their lives, and gave full proof that they sought their own personal safety, and not the property of their enemies, though the decree in their favor gave them authority to take the property of all those who were their adversaries, Est 8:11.

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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

But, &c. - Because they would leave it to their children, that it might appear what they did was not done out of malice, or covetousness, but out of mere necessity, and by that great law of self-preservation.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Chaldee paraphrase says that, when these ten were slain, Zeresh, with seventy more of his children, escaped, and afterwards begged their bread from door to door.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But their humanity forbade them to do that, though that was designed against them. They slew none but those they found in arms; and therefore they did not take the spoil, but left it to the women and little ones, whom they spared, for their subsistence; otherwise as good slay them as starve them, take away their lives as take away their livelihoods.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Thus the Jews smote all their enemies--The effect of the two antagonistic decrees was, in the meantime, to raise a fierce and bloody war between the Jews and their enemies throughout the Persian empire; but through the dread of Esther and Mordecai, the provincial governors universally favored their cause, so that their enemies fell in great numbers.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֲ֠שֶׂרֶת	'A.se.ret	[the] ten	H6235 →
בְּנֵ֨י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
הָמָ֧ן	ha.Man	Haman	H2001 →
בֶּֽן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
הַמְּדָ֛תָא	ha.me.Da.ta'	Hammedatha	H4099 →
צֹרֵ֥ר	tzo.Rer	[the] opposer of	H6887 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים	hai.ye.hu.Dim	the Jews	H3064 →
הָרָ֑גוּ	ha.Ra.gu	they killed	H2026 →
וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה	u.Vab.bi.Zah	and on the plunder	H961 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
שָׁלְח֖וּ	sha.le.Chu	they stretched out	H7971 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יָדָֽם׃	ya.Dam	hand their	H3027 →

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Through
Esther 8:11
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile…
leads to
- Esther 3:13
  And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on…
- Psalms 37:14–15
  The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
- Psalms 146:6–9
  the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- Ezekiel 39:10
  They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered…
- Esther 9:2–16
  In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen…
Through
Genesis 14:23
that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
leads to
- 2 Kings 5:16
  But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
Through
Esther 5:11
Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
leads to
- Esther 9:7–10
  including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
- Esther 3:1
  After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

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Where the connections lead

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About Esther