Esther 9:5

So then the Jews smote all their enemies, with the smiting of the sword and slaughter, and destruction,—and they dealt with them who hated them according to their pleasure.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

4since great was Mordecai, in the house of the king, and, his fame, was going forth throughout all the provinces,—for, the man Mordecai, went on waxing great.

6Yea, in Shusan the palace, did the Jews slay and destroy five hundred men.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:24so the children entered and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and deliveredst them into their hand,—with their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure;

Psalms 18:34Teaching my hands to war,—so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms.

Psalms 20:7These, by chariots, and, those, by horses, but, we, by the Name of Yahweh our God, will prevail.

Psalms 149:6The high songs of GOD be in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand:

2 Thessalonians 1:6If, at least, it is a, righteous thing with God, to recompense, affliction, unto them that 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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