Ester 9:13

13 Respondeu Ester: Se parecer bem ao rei, conceda aos judeus se acham em Susã que façam ainda amanhã conforme o decreto de hoje; e que os dez filhos de Hamã sejam pendurados na forca.

Ester 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 9:13

Then said Esther, if it please the king
For she was all submission to his will:

let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan;
for no further did she desire the grant to be extended:

to do tomorrow also according to this days decree;
one Targum makes the request only that they might keep the morrow as a festival, but the other, more rightly, to do according to the decree of this day; which was, to slay as many of their enemies as rose up against them; and whereas many might flee and hide themselves, who were implacable enemies of the Jews, Esther moves for a grant that the decree might be continued for the next day, that these might be found out and slain; in which she sought the glory of divine justice, in their righteous destruction, and the peace of the people of God, and not private revenge, or to indulge malice:

and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows;
on which their father was; this was deferred, though they were already slain, for their greater reproach, and for a terror to others not to injure the people of God; and it was usual with the Persians to hang persons on a gallows, or fix them to a cross, after they were dead; as Polycrates was by Oroites ^F9, and Bagspates by Parysatis ^F11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Herodot. Thalia, sive, l. 3. c. 125.
F11 Ctesias in Persicis, c. 58.

Ester 9:13 In-Context

11 Nesse mesmo dia veio ao conhecimento do rei o número dos mortos em Susã, a capital.

12 E disse o rei � rainha Ester: Em Susã, a capital, os judeus mataram e destruíram quinhentos homens e os dez filhos de Hamã; que não teriam feito nas demais províncias do rei? Agora, qual é a tua petição? e te será concedida; e qual é ainda o teu rogo? e atender-se-á.

13 Respondeu Ester: Se parecer bem ao rei, conceda aos judeus se acham em Susã que façam ainda amanhã conforme o decreto de hoje; e que os dez filhos de Hamã sejam pendurados na forca.

14 Então o rei mandou que assim se fizesse; e foi publicado em edito em Susã, e os dez filhos de Hamã foram dependurados.

15 Os judeus que se achavam em Susã reuniram-se também no dia catorze do mês de adar, e mataram em Susã trezentos homens; porém ao despojo não estenderam a mão.