Esther 9:12 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 9:12

who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”

BSB

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ASV

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

KJV

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

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Commentary

2 voices

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.

The record, by era

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.

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר	le.'es.Ter	to Esther	H635 →
הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה	ha.mal.Kah	the queen	H4436 →
בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן	be.shu.Shan	in Susa	H7800 →
הַבִּירָ֡ה	ha.bi.Rah	the citadel	H1002 →
הָרְגוּ֩	ha.re.Gu	they have killed	H2026 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֨ים	hai.ye.hu.Dim	the Jews	H3064 →
וְאַבֵּ֜ד	ve.'a.Bed	and they have destroyed	H6 →
חֲמֵ֧שׁ	cha.Mesh	five	H2568 →
מֵא֣וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
אִ֗ישׁ	'Ish	man	H376 →
וְאֵת֙	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת	'a.Se.ret	[the] ten	H6235 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] sons of	H1121 →
הָמָ֔ן	ha.Man	Haman	H2001 →
בִּשְׁאָ֛ר	bish.'Ar	in [the] rest of	H7605 →
מְדִינ֥וֹת	me.di.Not	[the] provinces of	H4082 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
מֶ֣ה	meh	what?	H4100 →
עָשׂ֑וּ	'a.Su	have they done	H6213 →
וּמַה־	u.mah-	and what?	H4100 →
שְּׁאֵֽלָתֵךְ֙	she.'e.la.teKh	[is] petition your	H7596 →
וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן	ve.yi.Na.ten	so it may be given	H5414 →
לָ֔ךְ	Lakh	to you
וּמַה־	u.mah-	and what?	H4100 →
בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֥ךְ	ba.ka.sha.Tekh	[is] request your	H1246 →
ע֖וֹד	od	more	H5750 →
וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃	ve.te.'As	and it may be done	H6213 →

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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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Esther 5:6
And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be…
leads to
- Esther 5:3
  “What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Esther 7:2
  and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to…
Through
Esther 7:2
and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to…
leads to
- John 16:24
  Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
- Esther 5:6
  And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be…