Esther 9
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Esther 9:24-25

24Because HamanH2001 the sonH1121 of HammedathaH4099, the AgagiteH91, the enemyH6887 of all the JewsH3064, had devisedH2803 against the JewsH3064 to destroyH6 them, and had castH5307 PurH6332, that is, the lotH1486, to consumeH2000 them, and to destroyH6 them;1

25But when Esther cameH935 beforeH6440 the kingH4428, he commandedH559 by lettersH5612 that his wickedH7451 deviceH4284, which he devisedH2803 against the JewsH3064, should returnH7725 upon his own headH7218, and that he and his sonsH1121 should be hangedH8518 on the gallowsH6086.2

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 9:24 consume: Heb. crush. ↩
  2. 2. Esther 9:25 when…: Heb. when she came. ↩

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