Esther 9:14

14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled the ten sons of Haman.

Esther 9:14 in Other Translations

14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

14 So the king commanded this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.

14 So the king agreed, and the decree was announced in Susa. And they impaled the bodies of Haman’s ten sons.

14 The king commanded it: The order was extended; the bodies of Haman's ten sons were publicly hanged.

14 The king gave the orders for this to be done, so a law was announced in Susa, and they hung [the bodies of] Haman's 10 sons.

Esther 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 9:14

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was
given at Shushan
That the Jews might have leave to seek out and slay the rest of their enemies in Shushan, on the fourteenth day, in like manner as they had on the thirteenth:

and they hanged Haman's ten sons;
on the same gallows very probably their father was hanged; the Targum gives us the distance between each person hanged thereon.

Esther 9:14 In-Context

12 The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman in the citadel of Susa. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? It will also be granted.”

13 “If it pleases the king,” Esther answered, “give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons be impaled on poles.”

14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled the ten sons of Haman.

15 The Jews in Susa came together on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa three hundred men, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

16 Meanwhile, the remainder of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of them but did not lay their hands on the plunder.

Cross References

• 1. S Ezra 6:11