Esther 9:6

Esther 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
• New International Version (NIV)In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In Susa the citadel itself the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And in Shushan the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

Context of Esther 9:6

4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and the news about him spread throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater. 5So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did as they pleased to those who hated them. At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and eliminated five hundred men, 7and they killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

Esther 9:6 word by word

וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֗ה הָרְג֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ וְאַבֵּ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

• At the citadelבִּירָהbîyrâh · palaceH1002
• in Susaשׁוּשַׁןshûshan · SusaH7800
• the Jewsיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• killedהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• and eliminatedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for Esther 9:6

• Esther 3:15The couriers went out, speeded by the king’s order while the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was agitated.

Commentaries on Esther 9:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And in Shushan - It is strange that in this city, where the king's mind must have been so well known, there should be found five hundred persons to rise up in hostility against those whom they knew the king befriended!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6By “Shushan the palace (or the fort),” is probably meant the whole of the upper town, which occupied an area of more than 100 acres, and contained many residences besides the actual palace. The Jews would not have ventured to shed blood within the palace-precincts.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Most people in the fortress of Susa supported Mordecai. The Jews killed 500 men, likely including Haman's relatives and close supporters, in a small revolt.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