Esther 9
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Esther 9:24-25

24For HamanH2001 the sonH1121 of HammedathaH1992, the AgagiteH91, the adversaryH6887 of allH3605 the JewsH3064, had schemedH2803 againstH5921 the JewsH3064 to eliminateH6 them, and 1had castH5307 PurH6332, that is the lotH1486, to disturbH2000 them and eliminateH6 them.

25But 2when it cameH935 3to the king’sH4428 attentionH6440, he commandedH559 by letterH5612 4that his wickedH7451 schemeH4284 whichH834 he had devisedH2803 againstH5921 the JewsH3064 5was to returnH7725 on his own headH7218, and that he and his sonsH1121 were to be hangedH8518 on the woodenH6086 gallows.

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 9:24 Esth 3:7 ↩
  2. 2. Esther 9:25 Esth 7:4-10 ↩
  3. 3. Esther 9:25 Lit before the king, he ↩
  4. 4. Esther 9:25 Esth 3:6-15 ↩
  5. 5. Esther 9:25 Ps 7:16 ↩

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