434. The Victory of the Jews ⏤ Esther 9:1-13

434.

The Jews Destroy their Enemies

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Today's Passage: Esther 9:1-13

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1. So on March 7 the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies.
2. The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the king's provinces to attack anyone who tried to harm them. But no one could make a stand against them, for everyone was afraid of them.
3. And all the nobles of the provinces, the highest officers, the governors, and the royal officials helped the Jews for fear of Mordecai.
4. For Mordecai had been promoted in the king's palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

5. So the Jews went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their enemies with the sword. They killed and annihilated their enemies and did as they pleased with those who hated them.
6. In the fortress of Susa itself, the Jews killed 500 men.
7. They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8. Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9. Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha ⏤
10. the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not take any plunder.

11. That very day, when the king was informed of the number of people killed in the fortress of Susa,
12. he called for Queen Esther. He said, "the Jews have killed 500 men in the fortress of Susa alone, as well as Haman's ten sons. If they have done that here, what has happened in the rest of the provinces? But now, what more do you want? It will be granted to you; tell me and I will do it."

13. Esther responded, 'If it please the king, give the Jews in Susa permission do again tomorrow as they have done today, and let the bodies of Haman's ten sons be impaled on a pole"
Esther 9:1-13 NLT

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