Esther 9:6
in Esther 9In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
KJV
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
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This verse in Esther 9
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAnd in Shushan - It is strange that in this city, where the king’s mind must have been so well known, there should be found five hundred persons to rise up in hostility against those whom they knew the king befriended!
This site's exposition
The Jews put all their enemies
on Esther 9:5-10
Then comes the clause the chapter repeats three times: "they did not lay a hand on the plunder". At 1 Samuel 15:19 Saul lost the kingdom when he rushed upon the plunder of Amalek. Under Mordecai, of Kish's house, the Jews finish that war and leave the plunder untouched.
This site's exposition
In the citadel of Susa
The citadel of Susa here means the whole upper town, which Barnes measures at more than a hundred acres, with many residences besides the palace. Adam Clarke found the number startling. Five hundred men in the king's own city still rose against people the king was known to favor.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
Queen Esther's endeavor to successfully crush her enemies and root them out reveals the eagerness and zeal of a true queen, namely, of the holy church that constantly fights against her enemies and strives to defeat them completely and subdue them. And it is her …
What can it mean when we read that the Jews pursued their enemies and killed five hundred men in Shushan, except for the ten sons of Haman whom they nailed to gibbets? Merely that to the people of God, it is not only all the …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
By “Shushan the palace (or the fort),” is probably meant the whole of the upper town, which occupied an area of more than 100 acres, and contained many residences besides the actual palace. The Jews would not have ventured to shed blood within the palace-precincts.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן | uveshushan | and in Susa | H7800 → | 21 times |
| הַבִּירָ֗ה | habirah | the citadel | H1002 → | 16 times |
| הָרְג֤וּ | haregu | they killed | H2026 → | 167 times |
| הַיְּהוּדִים֙ | haiyehudim | the Jews | H3064 → | 75 times |
| וְאַבֵּ֔ד | veabed | and they destroyed | H6 → | 184 times |
| חֲמֵ֥שׁ | chamesh | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אִֽישׁ׃ | ʾish | man | H376 → | 1663 times |
וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ןand in Susa
uveshushanH7800 →21 times
הַבִּירָ֗הthe citadel
habirahH1002 →16 times
הָרְג֤וּthey killed
hareguH2026 →167 times
הַיְּהוּדִים֙the Jews
haiyehudimH3064 →75 times
וְאַבֵּ֔דand they destroyed
veabedH6 →184 times
חֲמֵ֥שׁfive
chameshH2568 →343 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
אִֽישׁ׃man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Esther 3:15The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was…
it leads to
- Esther 8:15
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted…
- John 16:20
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Revelation 11:10
And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
- Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Hosea 7:5
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
- Esther 8:15
Where this verse is studied
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About Esther
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther; Rabanus Maurus, EXPLANATION ON THE BOOK OF ESTHER 12; Rabanus Maurus, Commentary on Esther and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).