Esther 9:11

Esther 9:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
• New International Version (NIV)The number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king that same day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)That very day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was reported to the king.
• New King James Version (NKJV)On that day the number of those who were killed in Shushan the citadel was brought to the king.

Context of Esther 9:11

9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha. 10Those men were the ten sons of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. But the Jews did not take any of the things that belonged to the people that they killed. On the same day, the king heard how many people they had killed in Susa city. 12Then the king said to Queen Esther, ‘In Susa the Jews have killed 500 men and also the ten sons of Haman. So I think that they have killed many more of their enemies in the other regions of my kingdom! Now, what else do you want? If you ask me, I will do anything that you still want me to do.’ 13Esther replied, ‘If the king agrees, please let the Jews who live in Susa do the same thing tomorrow. Let your new law continue for one more day. Also, let them hang the dead bodies of Haman's ten sons from the wooden tower.’

Esther 9:11 word by word

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא בָּ֣א מִסְפַּ֧ר הַֽהֲרוּגִ֛ים בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• On that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• of those that were slainהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• in Shushanשׁוּשַׁןshûshan · SusaH7800
• the palaceבִּירָהbîyrâh · palaceH1002
• was broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428

Commentaries on Esther 9:11

• 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 9:11

• Month
• Shushan (Susa)

In the dictionaries

• That Day
• Esther, Book of
• Shushan
• 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