Esther 9:13

Esther 9:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
• New International Version (NIV)“If it pleases the king,” Esther answered, “give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons be impaled on poles.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Esther said, "If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed tomorrow also to do according to this day's edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

Context of Esther 9:13

11On that day the number of those that were killed in the citadel at Shushan was brought to the king’s attention. 12Then the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men in the citadel of Shushan, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done, in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your request? It shall be granted to you. What other petition do you have? It shall be done.” “If it please the king,” Esther said, “let the Jews in Shushan be allowed to carry out today’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.” 14The king commanded that this be done. A decree was issued in Shushan and they hanged Haman’s 10 sons. 15The Jews in Shushan gathered together on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and they killed 300 men in Shushan, but they did not put their hands on the plunder.

Esther 9:13 word by word

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֶסְתֵּר֙ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב יִנָּתֵ֣ן גַּם־מָחָ֗ר לַיְּהוּדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ן לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת כְּדָ֣ת הַיּ֑וֹם וְאֵ֛ת עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת בְּנֵֽי־הָמָ֖ן יִתְל֥וּ עַל־הָעֵֽץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• If it pleaseטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• let it be grantedנָתַןnâthan · to give: if only!H5414
• to the Jewsיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• in Shushanשׁוּשַׁןshûshan · SusaH7800
• to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• to morrowמָחָרmâchâr · tomorrowH4279
• also according unto this day’sיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• decreeדָּתdâth · lawH1881
• and let Haman’sהָמָןhâmân · HamanH2001
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• be hangedתָּלָהtâlâh · to hangH8518
• upon the gallowsעֵץ‛êts · tree: stakeH6086

Cross-references for Esther 9:13

• Esther 8:11The king granted the right for Jews in every city to assemble themselves and to protect themselves—to destroy, kill and annihilate any army of any people or province that might attack them and their women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
• Deuteronomy 21:23His body is not to remain all night on the tree—instead you must certainly bury him the same day, for anyone hanged is a curse of God. You must not defile your land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance.
• 2 Samuel 21:6let seven men of his sons be given over to us and we will hang them up before Adonai at Gibeah of Saul, Adonai’s chosen.” “I will give them over,” the king said.
• Galatians 3:13Messiah liberated us from Torah’s curse, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)—

Commentaries on Esther 9:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Let Haman's ten sons be hanged - They had been slain the preceding day, and now she requests that they may be exposed on posts or gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Esther might have known that some people in Susa who attacked Jews on the first day escaped. They could be planning more attacks to avenge Haman's death.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 9:13

• Gallows
• Month

In the dictionaries

• Esther
• Esther, Book of
• Gainsay
• Punishments
• 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