Esther 9:5

And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

In Context

4For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

6And in Shushan the palace the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:24So the sons went in and possessed the land. And thou subdued the inhabitants of the land before them, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as th

Psalms 18:34He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.

Psalms 20:7Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses, but we will make mention of the name of LORD our God.

Psalms 149:6The high praises of God [are] in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand

2 Thessalonians 1:6Since it is a righteous thing according to God to repay restriction to those who restrict you,

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:2-20

The Jews Avenged. ( b. c. 509.) 1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man… Read the whole commentary →

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