Esther 9:6

6 A Suse, la capitale, les Juifs tuèrent et firent périr cinq cents hommes.

Esther 9:6 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 9:6

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five
hundred men.
] Not in the royal palace, where it cannot be thought the Jews had so many enemies, or such a bloody slaughter of them should be made there; but in the city, where the palace was: and this may seem somewhat wonderful, that there should so many rise there against the Jews, so near the court, now altogether in the interest of the Jews; but these were men no doubt of Haman's faction, and enraged at his disgrace and death, and headed by his ten sons, who took the advantage of the decree to avenge his death; the Targum says, these were princes of the house of Amalek.

Esther 9:6 In-Context

4 Car Mardochée était grand dans la maison du roi; et sa renommée se répandait par toutes les provinces, parce que Mardochée allait toujours grandissant.

5 Les Juifs frappèrent donc tous leurs ennemis à coups d'épée; ce fut un massacre et une extermination; ils disposèrent à leur volonté de ceux qui les haïssaient.

6 A Suse, la capitale, les Juifs tuèrent et firent périr cinq cents hommes.

7 Ils tuèrent Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,