Esther 9:5

The Jews attacked their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased 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 house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai was becoming great.

6In the fortress of Susa itself the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:24So the people went in and possessed the land and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites. You gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that Israel might do with them as they pleased.

Psalms 18:34He trains my hands for war and my arms to bend a bow of bronze. 1

Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, 1 but we call on Yahweh our God. 1

Psalms 149:6May the praises of God be in their mouths 1 and a two-edged sword in their hand 1

2 Thessalonians 1:6It is righteous for God to return affliction to 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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