Esther 9:5

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

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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 exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:24So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.

Psalms 18:34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalms 149:6May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,

2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict 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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