Esther 9:13

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 towards the whole question of the permissibility of revenge was naturally that of their contemporaries, and so it is not to be judged by us on Christian principles.

be hanged upon the gallows She asks that the bodies may be impaled or hung on a gibbet, so as to crown their disgrace, and serve as a terrible example.