Esther 9:5

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword and, with slaughter and destruction, they did what they wanted to those who hated them.

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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 palace, and as his power increased his fame spread throughout all the provinces.

6In Susa the capital the Jews killed five hundred people.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:34He taught my hands how to fight, and my arms how to bend a bronze bow.

Psalms 20:7Some in chariots are strong, some in horses; but our strength is the Lord our God.

Psalms 149:6High praises of God in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand:

2 Thessalonians 1:6since God deems it just to inflict suffering on those who are now inflicting suffering on 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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