Esther:9:1-17
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Now in the twelfth month ,
that [
is ],
the month Adar ,
on the thirteenth day of the same ,
when the king '
s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution ,
in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them , (
though it was (
note :)
This was by God '
s great providence ,
who turns the joy of the wicked into sorrow ,
and the tears of the godly into gladness .(:
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turned to the contrary ,
that the Jews had rule over them that hated them ;)
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The Iewes gathered themselues together into their cities throughout all the prouinces of the King Ahashuerosh ,
to lay hande on such as sought their hurt ,
and no man coulde withstande them :
for the feare of them fel vpon al people .
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And all the rulers of the provinces ,
and the lieutenants ,
and the deputies ,
and officers of the king , (
note :)
Honoured them and befriended them .(:
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helped the Jews ;
because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them .
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For Mordecai was great in the kings house ,
and the report of him went through all the prouinces :
for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater .
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Thus the Jews smote all their (
note :)
Who had conspired their death by the permission of the wicked Haman .(:
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enemies with the stroke of the sword ,
and slaughter ,
and destruction ,
and did what they would unto those that hated them .
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And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed (
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Besides the three hundred that they slew the second day , (
Est_9
:15 ).(:
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five hundred men .
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And Parshandatha ,
and Dalphon ,
and Aspatha ,
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And Poratha ,
and Adalia ,
and Aridatha ,
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And Parmashta ,
and Arisai ,
and Aridai ,
and Vaiezatha ,
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The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha ,
the enemy of the Jews ,
slew they ;
but (
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By which they declared that this was God '
s just judgment on the enemies of his Church as they fought not for their own gain ,
but to execute his vengeance .(:
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on the spoil laid they not their hand .
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On the same day came ye nomber of those that were slayne ,
vnto the palace of Shushan before the King .
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And the King sayd vnto the Queene Ester ,
The Iewes haue slayne in Shushan the palace and destroyed fiue hundreth men , &
amp ;
the ten sonnes of Haman :
what haue they done in the rest of the Kings prouinces ?
and what is thy petition ,
that it may be giuen thee ?
or what is thy request moreouer ,
that it may be performed ?
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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 (
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This she requires not out of a desire for vengeance but with zeal to see God '
s judgment '
s executed against his enemies .(:
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unto this day '
s decree ,
and let Haman '
s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows .
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And the King charged to doe so ,
and the decree was giuen at Shushan ,
and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes .
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So the Iewes that were in Shushan ,
assembled themselues vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar , &
amp ;
slew three hundreth men in Shushan ,
but on the spoyle they layd not their hand .
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But the other Jews that [
were ]
in the king '
s provinces gathered themselves together ,
and stood for (
note :)
Read (
Est_8
:11 ).(:
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their lives ,
and had rest from their enemies ,
and slew of their Meaning ,
that they laid hands on no one that was not the enemy of God .
foes seventy and five thousand ,
but they laid not their hands on the prey ,
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On the (
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Meaning ,
in all places saving Shushan .(:
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thirteenth day of the month Adar ;
and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they ,
and made it a day of feasting and gladness .
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