Esther 9:10
the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not take their possessions.
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9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
11The same day, when the number of those killed in the fortress of Susa was reported to the king,
Cross References
Genesis 34:27Jacob's other sons arrived, robbed the dead bodies, and looted the town where their sister had been violated.
Exodus 20:5You must not bow down before them or worship them; for I am the Lord your God and I am passionately exclusive. I lay the consequences of the sin of those who hate me on their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons;
Esther 5:11Haman went into great detail about how much money and possessions he had, and how many children, and how the king had made him so important by promoting him above all the other nobles and officials.
Esther 7:6“The man, the opponent, the enemy, is this evil Haman!” Esther replied. Haman shook with terror in front of the king and the queen.
Esther 9:15On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa gathered together again and killed three hundred men there, but again they did not take their possessions.
Job 27:13This is what God provides as the destiny for the wicked, this is the inheritance that the ruthless will receive from the Almighty —
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 →