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Esther 2:23

And when inquiry was made of the matter, it was found true; therefore the two of them were made talui al etz (hanged on a tree), and it was written in the sefer of the divrei hayamim before HaMelech.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

In Context

22And Mordechai came to da'as of the plot, and told it unto Ester HaMalkah; and Ester informed HaMelech thereof b'shem Mordechai.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:22But he hanged the sar ha'ofim: just as Yosef had made the pitron to them.

Joshua 8:29And the melech HaAi he hanged on HaEtz until the time of erev; and as soon as the shemesh was down, Yehoshua commanded that they should take his nevelah (body) down from HaEtz, and cast it at the petach sha'ar HaIr, and raised thereon a pile of avanim, that remaineth unto Yom Hazeh.

Esther 5:14Then said Zeresh his isha and all his ohavim (friends) unto him, Let an etz (hanging tree) be made of fifty cubits high, and baboker (in the morning) speak thou unto HaMelech that Mordechai may be hanged thereon; + 5:14 See Lk 23:21 then go thou samei'ach (joyfully) with HaMelech unto the mishteh. And the thing was tov to Haman; and he caused HaEtz to be built.

Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on HaEtz that he had prepared for Mordechai. Then was the wrath of HaMelech pacified. + 7:10 Ps 24:10; Isa 53:11

Malachi 3:16Then they that feared Hashem 1 spoke often one to another; 1 and Hashem paid heed, and heard it, 1 and a Sefer Zikaron (book of remembrance) was written before Him 1 for them that feared Hashem, 1 and that meditated upon Shmo (His Name). 1

Matthew Henry on Esther 2:22-23

Mordecai's Discovery of a Plot. ( b. c. 510.) 21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of… Read the whole commentary →

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