Verse 9

Esther 3:9

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

אִם עַל הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב יִכָּתֵ֖ב לְ/אַבְּדָ֑/ם וַ/עֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֜ים כִּכַּר כֶּ֗סֶף אֶשְׁקוֹל֙ עַל יְדֵי֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַ/מְּלָאכָ֔ה לְ/הָבִ֖יא אֶל גִּנְזֵ֥י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ

English Translation

If on the good king it should be written to destroy, and I will weigh ten thousand silvers into the hands of those doing the work to bring to the king's treasury.

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Chapter 3 Context

1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced... Focus ↗

2 And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; f... Focus ↗

3 Then the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou t... Focus ↗

4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told... Focus ↗

5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath... Focus ↗

6 But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mo... Focus ↗

7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur,... Focus ↗

8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among t... Focus ↗

9 If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents...

10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite,... Focus ↗

11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it se... Focus ↗

12 Then were the king’s scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was... Focus ↗

13 And letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to p... Focus ↗

14 A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all... Focus ↗

15 The posts went forth in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Esther
Chapter: Chapter 3 (15 verses)
Version: American Standard Version Byzantine Text

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