Esther 9:1-10

The Triumph of the Jews

1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned and the Jews got the upper hand over those who hated them.

2 The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those determined to destroy them. No one could stand against them, because the people of all the other nationalities were afraid of them.

3 And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had seized them.

4 Mordecai was prominent in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.

5 The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

7 They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha,

10 the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

Esther 9:1-10 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. S Esther 8:12
• 2. Jeremiah 29:4-7
• 3. S Esther 3:12-14; Proverbs 22:22-23
• 4. ver 15-18; S Genesis 22:17
• 5. Esther 8:11,17; Psalms 35:26; Psalms 40:14; Psalms 70:2; Psalms 71:13,24
• 6. S Ezra 8:36
• 7. Esther 8:17
• 8. S Esther 8:15
• 9. S Exodus 11:3
• 10. S 2 Samuel 3:1; 1 Chronicles 11:9
• 11. Deuteronomy 25:17-19; S 1 Samuel 15:3; S Ezra 4:6
• 12. S Esther 5:11; Psalms 127:3-5
• 13. S 1 Samuel 15:33
• 14. S Genesis 14:23; S 1 Samuel 14:32; S Esther 3:13; Esther 8:11