Esther 9 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Jews Destroy 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 command^H1697 and edict^H1881 were to be put^H6213 into^H6213 effect^H6213, on the day^H3117 when^H834 the enemies^H340 of the Jews^H3064 hoped^H7663 to gain^H7980 the mastery^H7980 over^H7980 them, it turned^H2015 out^H2015 to the contrary^H2015 so^H834 that^H834 the Jews^H3064 themselves^H1992 gained^H7980 mastery^H7980 over^H7980 those who hated^H8130 them.

Est 9:2

Est 9:2The Jews assembled in their cities throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to [fn]attack those who sought [fn]to harm them; and no one could stand against them, because the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.

Est 9:3

Est 9:3Even all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those who were doing the king’s business were supporting the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

Est 9:4

Est 9:4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and the news about him spread throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

Est 9:5

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

Est 9:6

Est 9:6At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and eliminated five hundred men,

Est 9:7

Est 9:7and they killed 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 ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but they did not lay their hands on 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 [fn]was reported^H935 to the king^H4428.

Est 9:12

Est 9:12And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and eliminated five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your request? It shall also be granted you. And what is your further wish? It shall also be done.”

Est 9:13

Est 9:13Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the edict of today; and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the wooden gallows.”

Est 9:14

Est 9:14So the king commanded that it was to be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman’s ten sons were hanged.

Est 9:15

Est 9:15The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on 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 defend^H5975 their lives^H5315 and [fn]rid^H5117 themselves^H5117 of their enemies^H340, and to kill^H2026 seventy-five^H2568^H7657 thousand^H505 of those who hated^H8130 them; but they did not lay^H7971 their hands^H3027 on 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 rejoicing.

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 rejoicing^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 rejoicing and feasting and sending portions of food to one another.

The Feast of Purim Instituted

Est 9:20

Then Mordecai^H4782 recorded^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 9:21obliging 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 [fn]rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from grief into joy, and from mourning into a [fn]holiday; that they were to make them days of feasting and rejoicing, and sending portions of food to one another, and gifts to the poor.

Est 9:23

So the Jews^H3064 undertook^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 schemed against the Jews to eliminate them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and eliminate them.

Est 9:25

Est 9:25But when it came [fn]to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews was to return on his own head, and that he and his sons were to be hanged on the wooden gallows.

Est 9:26

Est 9:26Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of [fn]Pur. [fn]And because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,

Est 9:27

Est 9:27the Jews established and [fn]made a custom for themselves, their [fn]descendants, and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that [fn]they would not fail to celebrate these two days according to their [fn]regulation and according to their appointed time annually.

Est 9:28

Est 9:28So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and these days of Purim were not to [fn]be neglected by the Jews, or their memory [fn]fade from their [fn]descendants.

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 confirm^H6965 this^H2088 second^H8145 letter^H107 about Purim^H6332.

Est 9:30

Est 9:30He 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 [fn]descendants, with [fn]instructions for their times of fasting and their mourning.

Est 9:32

Est 9:32The command of Esther established these [fn]customs for Purim, and it was written in the book.

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Lit their harm

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Lit came before

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Lit in it

Lit rejoicing and feasting and a good day and sending

Lit in it

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Lit good day

Lit before the king, he

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Akkadian for lot

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Lit Therefore because of all the words

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Lit received

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Lit seed

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Lit it would not pass away

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Lit writing

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Lit pass from the midst of

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Lit seed

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The Jews Destroy Their Enemies

The Feast of Purim Instituted

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