Esther 9:11 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 9:11

On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

KJV

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. Either by order of the king, that he might know how many enemies the Jews had in the city, and how many of subjects had been slain; or officiously by others, with an intention to irritate the king against the Jews.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֗וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
בָּ֣א	ba'	it came	H935 →
מִסְפַּ֧ר	mis.Par	[the] number of	H4557 →
הַֽהֲרוּגִ֛ים	ha.ha.ru.Gim	those killed	H2026 →
בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן	be.shu.Shan	in Susa	H7800 →
הַבִּירָ֖ה	ha.bi.Rah	the citadel	H1002 →
לִפְנֵ֥י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ס	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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