Esther 9:6
וּבְשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה הָרְגוּ הַיְּהוּדִים וְאַבֵּד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת אִֽישׁ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
In Context
7וְאֵת ׀ פַּרְשַׁנְדָּתָא וְאֵת ׀ דַּֽלְפוֹן וְאֵת ׀ אַסְפָּֽתָא ׃
Cross References
Job 27:14אִם ־ יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמוֹ ־ חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ ־ לָֽחֶם ׃
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 →