New American Standard Bible 2020

Esther 9:1-6

1Now 1in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on 2the thirteenth 3day, 4when the king’s command and edict were to be put into effect, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it turned out to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained mastery over those who hated them.

2 5The Jews assembled in their cities throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to 6attack those who sought 7to harm them; and no one could stand against them, 8because the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.

3Even all the officials of the provinces, 9the satraps, the governors, and those who were doing the king’s business were supporting the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and the news about him spread throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai 10became greater and greater.

5So 11the Jews struck all their enemies with 12the sword, killing and destroying; and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

6At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and eliminated five hundred men,

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Notes

1. Esther 9:1 Esth 8:12 ↩
2. Esther 9:1 Esth 9:17 ↩
3. Esther 9:1 Lit day in it ↩
4. Esther 9:1 Esth 3:13 ↩
5. Esther 9:2 Esth 8:11; 9:15-18 ↩
6. Esther 9:2 Lit put out a hand against ↩
7. Esther 9:2 Lit their harm ↩
8. Esther 9:2 Esth 8:17 ↩
9. Esther 9:3 Ezra 8:36 ↩
10. Esther 9:4 2 Sam 3:1; 1 Chr 11:9 ↩
11. Esther 9:5 Esth 3:13 ↩
12. Esther 9:5 Lit the stroke of the ↩

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