Esther 9:14

Esther 9:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
• New International Version (NIV)So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled the ten sons of Haman.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the king commanded this to be done; the decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So the king agreed, and the decree was announced in Susa. And they impaled the bodies of Haman’s ten sons.

Context of Esther 9:14

12And the king said to Queen Esther, "In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and also the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled." 13And Esther said, "If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed tomorrow also to do according to this day's edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows." So the king commanded this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged. 15The Jews who were in Susa gathered also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and they killed 300 men in Susa, but they laid no hands on the plunder. 16Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies and killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they laid no hands on the plunder.

Esther 9:14 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְהֵֽעָשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֔ן וַתִּנָּתֵ֥ן דָּ֖ת בְּשׁוּשָׁ֑ן וְאֵ֛ת עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת בְּנֵֽי־הָמָ֖ן תָּלֽוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• commandedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• it so to be doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• and the decreeדָּתdâth · lawH1881
• was givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• at Shushanשׁוּשַׁןshûshan · SusaH7800
• and they hangedתָּלָהtâlâh · to hangH8518
• Haman’sהָמָןhâmân · HamanH2001
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Commentaries on Esther 9:14

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa: The king did not want fighting groups in the palace planning to kill each other.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

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In the dictionaries

• 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