Esther 9:14
12 who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
13 Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
15 On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
16 The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
- KJV
- And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
- WEB
- The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Susa; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
- ASV
- And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman`s ten sons.
- DARBY
- And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
- BLB
- And the king said to do so, and the law was given in Susa, and they hanged ten sons of Haman.
- ÅB
- Kongen befalte at så skulle gjøres, og det ble utferdiget en befaling derom i Susan; Hamans ti sønner ble hengt.
- OTB
- Så befalte kongen at dette skulle gjøres. Et edikt ble utstedt i Susa, og de hengte de ti sønnene til Haman.
- B1930
- Kongen bød at så skulde gjøres, og det blev utferdiget en befaling derom i Susan; Hamans ti sønner blev hengt.