Ester 9:13

13 Respondeu Ester: “Se for do agrado do rei, que os judeus de Susã tenham autorização para executar também amanhã o decreto de hoje, para que os corpos dos 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 Naquele mesmo dia, o total de mortos na cidadela de Susã foi relatado ao rei,

12 que disse à rainha Ester: “Os judeus mataram e destruíram quinhentos homens e os dez filhos de Hamã na cidadela de Susã. Que terão feito nas outras províncias do império? Agora, diga qual é o seu pedido, e você será atendida. Tem ainda algum desejo? Este será concedido a você”.

13 Respondeu Ester: “Se for do agrado do rei, que os judeus de Susã tenham autorização para executar também amanhã o decreto de hoje, para que os corpos dos dez filhos de Hamã sejam pendurados na forca”.

14 Então o rei deu ordens para que assim fosse feito. O decreto foi publicado em Susã, e os corpos dos dez filhos de Hamã foram pendurados na forca.

15 Os judeus de Susã ajuntaram-se no décimo quarto dia do mês de adar e mataram trezentos homens em Susã, mas não se apossaram dos seus bens.