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Verse Esther 9:13. _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 destr...
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THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ADAR AND THE FEAST OF PURIM
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The resistance and victory of the Jews (Esther 9:1)_
2. Esther's petition (Esther 9:12)
3. The institution of Purim (Esther 9:17)...
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THE JEWS SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES. Adar 13th, the dreadful
day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many
partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were
tho...
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LET HAINAN'S TEN SONS BE HANGED. One of the ten deaths occasioned or
obtained by women. See note on Judges 4:21.
BE HANGED Not alive, but hanged up after death. They were slain in
conflict first. See...
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There may have been special reasons why the extension of time was
needed in Susa in order to ensure the Jews" complete success in
exterminating their foes there. The attitude of Esther and Mordecai
to...
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Institution of memorial celebrations
12. _what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces!_ It
is best to take this, not, with A.V., as an actual question, but as
meaning, It is superflu...
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LET HAMAN'S TEN SONS BE HANGED UPON THE GALLOWS— it is not unlikely
that many might be enraged at Haman's death, and his sons in
particular might set themselves at the head of those who were bold
enou...
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B. Progress
TEXT: Esther 9:6-15
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And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred
men.
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And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
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and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,...
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_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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THE JEWS SLAY THEIR ENEMIES. INSTITUTION OF PURIM
3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190
9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the
Persian author...
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BE HANGED] i.e. let their dead bodies be exposed, such exposure being
a mark of infamy....
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 9
V1 The 13th day of the 12th month (the month called Adar) was the day
to carry out the king’s law. This was the day when the enemies of
t...
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THEN SAID ESTHER ... — In the terse words of the heading,
“Ahasuerus, at the request of Esther, granteth another day of
slaughter, and Hainan’s sons to be hanged.” It seems impossible
here to acquit E...
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וַ תֹּ֤אמֶר אֶסְתֵּר֙ אִם ־עַל ־הַ
מֶּ֣לֶךְ
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Esther 7:1
QUEEN ESTHER
Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12
THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all
the chos
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DELIVERANCE BY THE SWORD
Esther 9:1
When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on
the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16, seventy-five thousand of
their assailants fell i...
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In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the
arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day
when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordecai...
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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 (f) unto this
day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gal...
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Susan. Aman's influence had been the greatest there, and had stirred
up many enemies of the Jews, who were to be carefully sought out.
(Haydock) --- If we should consider only the dictates of clemency...
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(11) On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the
palace was brought before the king. (12) And the king said unto Esther
the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men...
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The Feast of Purim
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we saw that even though the king had Haman killed on the
gallows he built for Mordecai, the damage he had done to the Jews was
still in motion!
1. Es...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10.
The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but
deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and
unacknow...
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THEN SAID ESTHER, IF IT PLEASE THE KING,.... For she was all
submission to his will:
LET IT BE GRANTED TO THE JEWS WHICH ARE IN SHUSHAN; for no further did
she desire the grant to be extended:
TO DO...
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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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_Let it be granted to the Jews to do to-morrow also according to this
day's decree_ To kill their implacable enemies. For it is probable
that the greatest and worst of them had hidden themselves for t...
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Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews
which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's
decree, as a measure to prevent the outbreak of any further
ag...
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THE ENEMIES SLAIN...
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THE JEWS VICTORIOUS
(vv. 1-17)
On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews
expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables
were turned completely, for besi...
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LET...BE HANGED:
_ Heb._ let men hang...
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1-19 The enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them by the
former edict. If they had attempted nothing against the people of God,
they would not themselves have suffered. The Jews, acting toge...
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ACCORDING TO THIS DAY'S DECREE, i.e. to kill their implacable enemies.
For it is not improbable that the greatest and worst of them had
politicly withdrawn or hidden themselves for that day; after whi...
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Esther 9:13 Esther H635 said H559 (H8799) pleases H2896 king H4428
granted H5414 (H8735) Jews H3064 Shushan...
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CONTENTS: Vengeance executed; the Jews victorious. Feast of Purim
instituted.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: When we have received signal mercies from God, we should
be quick t...
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Esther 9:1. _The enemies of the Jews._ The Chaldean paraphrase says
that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these
were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles which...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:11 TOMORROW ALSO. Probably because there
were still armed men in Susa committed to carrying out the first
edict. THE TEN SONS OF HAMAN WERE HANGED. In keeping with Persian
roya...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 9:12.] If the Jews had killed five hundred men in Susa, how
many may they not have slain in other parts of the kingdom? The king
recognizes the fact that, if the Jews had to do...
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EXPOSITION
RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES, AND EFFECT
A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM, BUT DO NOT LAY HAN
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So, when this day came,
there in the city of Shushan, there were five hundred men that were
slain by the Jews (Esther 9:6).
Men who were seeking the evil of the Jews. And so they were able to
take th...
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2 Samuel 21:6; 2 Samuel 21:9; Deuteronomy 21:23; Esther 8:11;...