Esther 9:7

Esther 9:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
• New International Version (NIV)They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and also killed Parshandatha and Dalphon and Aspatha
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

Context of Esther 9:7

5So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. 6At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men, and [they killed] Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

Esther 9:7 word by word

וְאֵ֧ת׀ פַּרְשַׁנְדָּ֛תָא וְאֵ֥ת׀ דַּֽלְפ֖וֹן וְאֵ֥ת׀ אַסְפָּֽתָא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Parshandathaפַּרְשַׁנְדָּתָאparshandâthâ' · ParshandathaH6577
• and Dalphonדַּלְפוֹןdalphôn · DalphonH1813
• and Aspathaאַסְפָּ֑תָא'aspâthâ' · AspathaH630

Commentaries on Esther 9:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 Most of these names are Persian, and readily traceable to Old Persian roots. Esther 9:10 On the spoil laid they not their hand - As they might have done (see the margin reference).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10They killed these ten sons of Haman: Everything Haman had boasted about (Esther 5:11) was gone, including his ten sons.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-165-16. 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 9:7

• Aspatha
• Dalphon
• Month
• Parshandatha

In the dictionaries

• Parshandatha
• Aspatha
• Dalphon
• Esther, Book of
• Text of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Esther 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings