Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Esther 9:13
let...be hanged:
Heb. let men hang
let...be hanged:
Heb. let men hang
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
B. Progress TEXT: Esther 9:6-15 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,...
_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....
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...
BE HANGED] i.e. let their dead bodies be exposed, such exposure being a mark of infamy....
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...
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...
וַ תֹּ֤אמֶר אֶסְתֵּר֙ אִם ־עַל ־הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE ENEMIES SLAIN...
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...
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...
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...
Esther 9:13 Esther H635 said H559 (H8799) pleases H2896 king H4428 granted H5414 (H8735) Jews H3064 Shushan...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES, AND EFFECT A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM, BUT DO NOT LAY HAN
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...
2 Samuel 21:6; 2 Samuel 21:9; Deuteronomy 21:23; Esther 8:11;...
Let it, &c. — To kill their implacable enemies. For it is not improbable that the greatest and worst of them had hidden themselves for that day; after which, the commission granted to the Jews being e...