Esther 9 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Jews Strike Down Their Enemies

Now in the twelfth^H8147^H6240 month^H2320 (that is, the month^H2320 Adar^H143), on the thirteenth^H7969^H6240 [fn]day^H3117 when^H834 the king’s^H4428 word^H1697 and law^H1881 had reached the point for them to be done^H6213, on the day^H3117 when^H834 the enemies^H340 of the Jews^H3064 hoped^H7663 to gain^H7980 power^H7980 over^H7980 them, it was turned^H2015 around so that the Jews^H3064 themselves^H1992 gained^H7980 power^H7980 over^H7980 those who hated^H8130 them.

Est 9:2

Est 9:2The Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to send forth their hand against those who sought their calamity; and no one could stand before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.

Est 9:3

Est 9:3Even all the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those who were doing the king’s work [fn]advanced the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

Est 9:4

Est 9:4Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and the report about him went throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

Est 9:5

Est 9:5Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with [fn]the sword, killing and causing them to perish; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Est 9:6

Est 9:6And at the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and caused to perish 500 men,

Est 9:7

Est 9:7and Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

Est 9:8

Est 9:8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

Est 9:9

Est 9:9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

Est 9:10

Est 9:10the 10 sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ adversary; but they did not send forth their hand for the plunder.

Est 9:11

On that day^H3117 the number^H4557 of those who were killed^H2026 at the citadel^H1002 in Susa^H7800 came^H935 to the king^H4428.

Est 9:12

Est 9:12So the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and caused to perish 500 men and the 10 sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. Now in the rest of the king’s provinces, what have they done? So what is [fn]your petition? It shall even be given to you. And what is [fn]your further request? It shall also be done.”

Est 9:13

Est 9:13Then Esther said, “If it is good to the king, let tomorrow also be given to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the law for today; and let Haman’s 10 sons be hanged on the gallows.”

Est 9:14

Est 9:14So the king said that it should be done so; and a law was given in Susa, and Haman’s 10 sons were hanged.

Est 9:15

Est 9:15And the Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed 300 men in Susa, but they did not send forth their hand for the plunder.

Est 9:16

Now the rest^H7605 of the Jews^H3064 who^H834 were in the king’s^H4428 provinces^H4082 assembled^H6950, to make a stand^H5975 for their lives^H5315 and obtain rest^H5117 for themselves^H5117 from their enemies^H340, and to kill^H2026 75,000^H2568^H7657^H505 of those who hated^H8130 them; but they did not send^H7971 forth^H7971 their hand^H3027 for the plunder^H961.

Est 9:17

Est 9:17This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth [fn]day they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Est 9:18

But the Jews^H3064 who^H834 were in Susa^H7800 assembled^H6950 on the thirteenth^H7969^H6240 and the fourteenth^H702^H6240 [fn]of the same month, and they rested^H5117 on the fifteenth^H2568^H6240 [fn]day and made^H6213 it a day^H3117 of feasting^H4960 and gladness^H8057.

Est 9:19

Est 9:19Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a [fn]holiday for gladness and feasting and sending portions of food to one another.

The Feast of Purim Is Established

Est 9:20

Then Mordecai^H4782 wrote^H3789 down^H3789 these^H428 events^H1697, and he sent^H7971 letters^H5612 to all^H3605 the Jews^H3064 who^H834 were in all^H3605 the provinces^H4082 of King^H4428 Ahasuerus^H325, both near^H7138 and far^H7350,

Est 9:21

Est 9:21to establish among them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day [fn]of the same month, annually,

Est 9:22

Est 9:22because on those days the Jews obtained rest for themselves from their enemies, and it was a month which was turned around for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a [fn]holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

Est 9:23

Thus the Jews^H3064 fully accepted^H6901 what^H834 they had started^H2490 to do^H6213 and what^H834 Mordecai^H4782 had written^H3789 to them.

Est 9:24

Est 9:24For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to cause them to perish and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to throw them into confusion and cause them to perish.

Est 9:25

Est 9:25But when it came before the king, he said by letter that his evil scheme, which he had [fn]devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the [fn]gallows.

Est 9:26

Est 9:26Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore, because of the words in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had reached them,

Est 9:27

Est 9:27the Jews established and accepted a custom for themselves and for their seed and for all those who joined themselves to them, so that [fn]celebrating these two days according to what was written down and according to their fixed time from year to year would not pass away.

Est 9:28

Est 9:28So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; thus these days of Purim were not to pass away from among the Jews, nor their memory come to an end from their seed.

Est 9:29

Then Queen^H4436 Esther^H635, daughter^H1323 of Abihail^H32, with Mordecai^H4782 the Jew^H3064, wrote^H3789 with full^H3605 authority^H8633 to establish^H6965 this^H2088 second^H8145 letter^H107 about Purim^H6332.

Est 9:30

Est 9:30And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,

Est 9:31

Est 9:31to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their seed with words concerning their times of fasting and their crying out.

Est 9:32