Esther 9:6

and in Shushan the palace the Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5And the Jews strike among all their enemies—a striking of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction—and do with those hating them according to their pleasure,

7and Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

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Cross References

Job 27:14If his sons multiply—a sword [is] for them. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.

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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