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Esther 9:2

In that day the adversaries of the Jews perished: for no one resisted, through fear of them.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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 could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

In Context

1For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.

3For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mardochaeus lay upon them.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:27And I will send terror before you, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which you shall come, and I will make all your enemies to flee.

Joshua 2:9and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.

Esther 8:11wherein he charged them to use their own laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,

Esther 9:10the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugaean, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered their property on the same day:

Psalms 71:13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy. 1

Isaiah 8:9Know, you⌃ Gentiles, and be conquered; listen you⌃, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after you⌃ strengthened yourselves; for even if you⌃ should again strengthen yourselves, you⌃ shall again be conquered.

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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