Esther 9:13 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 9:13

Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

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ASV

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that 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.

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Let it, &c. - To kill their implacable enemies. For it is not improbable that the greatest and worst of them had hidden themselves for that day; after which, the commission granted to the Jews being expired, they confidently returned to their homes.

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

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
אֶסְתֵּר֙	'es.Ter	Esther	H635 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
עַל־	'al-	[is] on	H5921 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
ט֔וֹב	Tov	good	H2896 →
יִנָּתֵ֣ן	yi.na.Ten	let it be permitted	H5414 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
מָחָ֗ר	ma.Char	tomorrow	H4279 →
לַיְּהוּדִים֙	lai.ye.hu.Dim	to the Jews	H3064 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ן	be.shu.Shan	[are] in Susa	H7800 →
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
כְּדָ֣ת	ke.Dat	according to [the] law of	H1881 →
הַיּ֑וֹם	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →
וְאֵ֛ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת	'a.Se.ret	[the] ten	H6235 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] sons of	H1121 →
הָמָ֖ן	ha.Man	Haman	H2001 →
יִתְל֥וּ	yit.Lu	let them hang	H8518 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָעֵֽץ׃	ha.'Etz	the gallows	H6086 →

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
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:24
  He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Deuteronomy 21:23
  you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must…
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 9:15
  Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…
- 1 Peter 1:18–21
  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
Through
Deuteronomy 21:23
you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must…
leads to
- Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- John 19:31
  It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have…
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…