Verse 5
Esther 9:5
Free Bible Version
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The Jews attacked their enemies with swords, killing and destroying them, and they did whatever they wanted to their enemies.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּכּ֤וּ הַ/יְּהוּדִים֙ בְּ/כָל אֹ֣יְבֵי/הֶ֔ם מַכַּת חֶ֥רֶב וְ/הֶ֖רֶג וְ/אַבְדָ֑ן וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְ/שֹׂנְאֵי/הֶ֖ם כִּ/רְצוֹנָֽ/ם
English Translation
And the Jews struck all their enemies with a stroke of the sword and with killing and with destruction, and they did with their haters as they pleased.
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Chapter 9 Context
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On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king's order and decree were to b...
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The Jews gathered in their cities throughout the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those who wanted...
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All the officials of the provinces, the chief officers, the governors, and the king's officials help...
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Mordecai had a great deal of power in the royal palace, and his reputation spread throughout the pro...
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The Jews attacked their enemies with swords, killing and destroying them, and they did whatever they...
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In the fortress of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
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This included Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
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Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
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Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
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the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not take their possess...
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The same day, when the number of those killed in the fortress of Susa was reported to the king,
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he said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in the fortress of Sus...
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“If it please Your Majesty,” Esther replied, “allow the Jews in Susa be allowed to do the same tomor...
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The king ordered this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they impaled the bodies of Haman'...
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On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa gathered together again and killed thre...
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The other Jews in the king's provinces also gathered to defend themselves and get rid of their enemi...
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This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and...
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However, the Jews in Susa had gathered to fight on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the mon...
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To this day rural Jews, living in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a...
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Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces ruled by Ki...
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as the time when the Jews rested from their victory over their enemies, and as the month when their...
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The Jews agreed to continue what they had already started doing, following what Mordecai had written...
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For Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted to destroy the Jew...
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But when it came to the king's attention, he sent out letters ordering that the evil scheme which Ha...
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(That's why these days are called Purim, from the word Pur.) As a result of all the instructions in...
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the Jews committed themselves to adopt the practice that they and their descendants and all who join...
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These days were to be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so...
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Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, wrote a letter, along with Mordecai the Jew, giving in h...
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Letters expressing peace and reassurance were also sent all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the emp...
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They established these days of Purim at their given time as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had or...
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In this way Esther's decree confirmed these practices regarding Purim, which were entered in the off...
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