Esther 9:16 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 9:16

The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

BSB

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ASV

And the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

KJV

But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Seventy and five thousand - The Septuagint gives the number as 15,000; and this amount seems more in proportion to the 800 slain in Susa.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If all these were Amalekites (as the Jews say), surely now it was that the remembrance of Amalek was utterly put out, Exod. xvii. However, that which justifies them in the execution of so many is that they did it in their own just and necessary defence; they stood for their lives, authorized to do so by the law of self-preservation, as well as by the king's decree.

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

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּשְׁאָ֣ר	u.she.'Ar	and [the] remainder of	H7605 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים	hai.ye.hu.Dim	the Jews	H3064 →
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
בִּמְדִינ֨וֹת	bim.di.Not	[were] in [the] provinces of	H4082 →
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
נִקְהֲל֣וּ׀	nik.ha.Lu	they assembled	H6950 →
וְעָמֹ֣ד	ve.'a.Mod	and they made a stand	H5975 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
נַפְשָׁ֗ם	naf.Sham	life their	H5315 →
וְנ֙וֹחַ֙	ve.No.ach	and they had rest	H5118 →
מֵאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם	me.'O.ye.vei.Hem	from enemies their	H341 →
וְהָרֹג֙	ve.ha.Rog	and they killed	H2026 →
בְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔ם	be.So.ne.'ei.Hem	among [those who] hated them	H8130 →
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה	cha.mi.Shah	five	H2568 →
וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים	ve.shiv.'Im	and seventy	H7657 →
אָ֑לֶף	'A.lef	thousand	H505 →
וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה	u.Vab.bi.Zah	and on the plunder	H961 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
שָֽׁלְח֖וּ	sha.le.Chu	they stretched out	H7971 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יָדָֽם׃	ya.Dam	hand their	H3027 →

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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 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.
- 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…
- Psalms 146:6–9
  the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- 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
Esther 9:2
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…
leads to
- Esther 8:17
  In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves…
- 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…
- Psalms 71:13
  May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

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06About Esther

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Esther