Esther 9:24-25

24 For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and ¹had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them.

25 But ²when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter ³that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, ⁴should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Esther 9:24-25 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 3:7
• 2. Esther 7:4-10
• 3. Esther 3:6-15
• 4. Psalms 7:16

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "before the king, he"
• [b]. Lit "schemed"
• [c]. Lit "tree"