Esther 9:14
12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
16 But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
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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.