Esther 9:7

Esther 9:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
• New International Version (NIV)They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and also killed Parshandatha and Dalphon and Aspatha
• New Living Translation (NLT)They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

Context of Esther 9:7

5Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them. 6And in Shushan the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. Also Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vajezatha—

Esther 9:7 word by word

וְאֵ֧ת׀ פַּרְשַׁנְדָּ֛תָא וְאֵ֥ת׀ דַּֽלְפ֖וֹן וְאֵ֥ת׀ אַסְפָּֽתָא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Parshandathaפַּרְשַׁנְדָּתָאparshandâthâ' · ParshandathaH6577
• and Dalphonדַּלְפוֹןdalphôn · DalphonH1813
• and Aspathaאַסְפָּ֑תָא'aspâthâ' · AspathaH630

Commentaries on Esther 9:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 Most of these names are Persian, and readily traceable to Old Persian roots. Esther 9:10 On the spoil laid they not their hand - As they might have done (see the margin reference).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10They killed these ten sons of Haman: Everything Haman had boasted about (Esther 5:11) was gone, including his ten sons.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

Topics related to Esther 9:7

• Aspatha
• Dalphon
• Month
• Parshandatha

In the dictionaries

• Parshandatha
• Aspatha
• Dalphon
• 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