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Esther 3:9

אִם ־ עַל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב יִכָּתֵב לְאַבְּדָם וַעֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים כִּכַּר ־ כֶּסֶף אֶשְׁקוֹל עַל ־ יְדֵי עֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה לְהָבִיא אֶל ־ גִּנְזֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

In Context

8וַיֹּאמֶר הָמָן לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ יֶשְׁנוֹ עַם ־ אֶחָד מְפֻזָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָֽעַמִּים בְּכֹל מְדִינוֹת מַלְכוּתֶךָ וְדָתֵיהֶם שֹׁנוֹת מִכָּל ־ עָם וְאֶת ־ דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים וְלַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין ־ שֹׁוֶה לְהַנִּיחָֽם ׃

10וַיָּסַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת ־ טַבַּעְתּוֹ מֵעַל יָדוֹ וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ לְהָמָן בֶּֽן ־ הַמְּדָתָא הָאֲגָגִי צֹרֵר הַיְּהוּדִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Esther 4:7וַיַּגֶּד ־ לוֹ מָרְדֳּכַי אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר קָרָהוּ וְאֵת ׀ פָּרָשַׁת הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר אָמַר הָמָן לִשְׁקוֹל עַל ־ גִּנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ ביהודיים לְאַבְּדָֽם ׃

Matthew Henry on Esther 3:8-15

Haman Obtains Leave to Slay the Jews. ( b. c. 510.) 7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. 8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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