Esther 9:15-16

15 The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth * day of the month Adar and killed ¹three hundred men in Susa, but ²they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

16 Now ³the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces ⁴assembled, to defend their lives and rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,000 * * of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

Esther 9:15-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 9

In this chapter we have an account of the Jews gathering together, on the day fixed for their destruction, to defend themselves, which they did in all the provinces, and smote their enemies; Es 9:1-5. In Shushan the palace they slew the ten sons of Haman and five hundred men on that day, Es 9:6-11 and at the request of the queen they were allowed the next day to hang up his sons, when they slew three hundred men more, Es 9:12-15, in the provinces they slew 75,000 and those in one day only, and the following days they kept as a festival, but they in Shushan kept the two days following, Es 9:16-19, and which two days were established by Esther and Mordecai as festivals, to be observed as such in future ages, by the name of the days of Purim, Es 9:20-32.

Cross References

• 1. Esther 9:12
• 2. Esther 9:10
• 3. Esther 9:2
• 4. Leviticus 26:7, 8; Esther 8:11

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "have rest from"