Esther 9:16

16 The Jews out in the royal provinces also joined together to defend their lives. They put to rest the troubles with their enemies and killed those who hated them. The total was seventy-five thousand dead, but the Jews didn't lay a hand on anything their enemies owned.

Esther 9:16 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 9:16

But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together
In a body, in their respective provinces and cities:

and stood for their lives;
defended themselves against those that attacked them:

and had rest from their enemies;
that selfsame day; all being destroyed by them, and none daring to appear against them:

and slew of their foes 75,000 men;
that is, in all the provinces put together:

but they laid not their hands on the prey; (See Gill on Esther 9:7).

Esther 9:16 In-Context

14 The king ordered that this be done, and the law became public in Susa. They impaled the ten sons of Haman just as she said.

15 The Jews in Susa joined together again, this time on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar. In Susa, they killed three hundred people, but they didn't lay a hand on anything the people owned.

16 The Jews out in the royal provinces also joined together to defend their lives. They put to rest the troubles with their enemies and killed those who hated them. The total was seventy-five thousand dead, but the Jews didn't lay a hand on anything their enemies owned.

17 They acted on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. Then on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasts and rejoicing. (

18 The Jews in Susa joined together for self-defense on the thirteenth and fourteenth days of the month. But they rested on the fifteenth day of the month and made it a day of feasts and joyous events.)