Esther 9:13 (KJV)

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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 unto this day’s decree and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows

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according unto. Es 8:11

let Haman's ten sons be hanged. Heb. let men hang Haman'sten sons. De 21:23 2Sa 21:6 2Sa 21:9 Ga 3:13

If it please the king.Esther had probably been informed by Mordecai, that there were still many enemies of the Jews who sought their destruction, who had escaped the preceding day; and therefore begged that the second day might be added to the former permission; and that the sons of Haman, who had already been slain, might be suspended on gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews.

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