Esther 9:15 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 9:15

On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

BSB

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ASV

And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

KJV

For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar,.... As they had on the thirteenth: and slew three hundred men at Shushan; the Targum adds, of the family of Amalek: but there is no reason to confine it to them; it respects all such as were the enemies of the Jews, and rose up against them; so that the whole number slain in Shushan were eight hundred persons, besides the sons of Human: but on the prey they laid not their hand; See Gill on Est 9:7.

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Shushan - Here probably the lower town, which lay east of the upper one, and was of about the same size (compare the Est 9:6 note).

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

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ	vai.yi.ka.ha.Lu	and they assembled	H6950 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים	hai.ye.hu.di.yim	the Jews	H3064 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	who	H834 →
בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן	be.shu.Shan	[were] in Susa	H7800 →
גַּ֠ם	gam	also	H1571 →
בְּי֣וֹם	be.Yom	on day	H3117 →
אַרְבָּעָ֤ה	'ar.ba.'Ah	four-	H702 →
עָשָׂר֙	'a.Sar	teen	H6240 →
לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ	le.Cho.desh	of [the] month of	H2320 →
אֲדָ֔ר	'a.Dar	Adar	H143 →
וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ	vai.ya.har.Gu	and they killed	H2026 →
בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן	ve.shu.Shan	in Susa	H7800 →
שְׁלֹ֥שׁ	she.Losh	three	H7969 →
מֵא֖וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
אִ֑ישׁ	'Ish	man	H376 →
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 →

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
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:8
  The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
- Joshua 1:5
  No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Deuteronomy 31:6
  Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- 1 Samuel 12:22
  Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Isaiah 41:17
  The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Through
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.
leads to
- 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…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
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.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Esther