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Esther 9:13

Listen to Esther 9:13
13 Esther répondit: Si le roi le trouve bon, qu'il soit permis demain encore, aux Juifs qui sont à Suse, de faire selon l'édit d'aujourd'hui, et qu'on pende au gibet les dix fils d'Haman.

Esther 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F9 Herodot. Thalia, sive, l. 3. c. 125.
F11 Ctesias in Persicis, c. 58.
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Esther 9:13 In-Context

11 En ce jour-là, on rapporta au roi le nombre de ceux qui avaient été tués dans Suse, la capitale.
12 Et le roi dit à la reine Esther: Dans Suse, la capitale, les Juifs ont tué et détruit cinq cents hommes, et les dix fils d'Haman; qu'auront-ils fait dans le reste des provinces du roi? Quelle est ta demande? Et elle te sera accordée. Et quelle est encore ta prière? Il y sera fait droit.
13 Esther répondit: Si le roi le trouve bon, qu'il soit permis demain encore, aux Juifs qui sont à Suse, de faire selon l'édit d'aujourd'hui, et qu'on pende au gibet les dix fils d'Haman.
14 Et le roi commanda que cela fût ainsi fait; l'édit en fut publié dans Suse, et on pendit les dix fils d'Haman.
15 Les Juifs qui étaient à Suse, s'assemblèrent donc encore au quatorzième jour du mois d'Adar, et ils tuèrent à Suse trois cents hommes; mais ils ne mirent point la main au pillage.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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