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Esther 9:14

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Esther 9:14 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

    ASV

  • And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.

    BBE

  • And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

    DBY

  • The king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

    WEB

  • And the king saith -- `to be done so;' and a law is given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they have hanged.

    YLT

  • And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

    ENG

  • And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

    WBT

  • So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

    BSB

In context

12And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

13Then 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.

14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

15For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

16But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

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