Esther 9:13

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Related verses

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• Esther 8:11
  By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
• Deuteronomy 21:23
  …you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
• 2 Samuel 21:9
  And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
• Esther 9:15
  On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
• Galatians 3:13
  Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
• 2 Samuel 21:6
  …let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

People

Esther: Jewish queen of Persia; saved her people from genocide· Haman: A Persian official who plotted to destroy the Jews· Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Susa: Capital city of the Persian Empire

Glossary

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Book of Esther· Calendars (Ancient and Modern)· Hammedatha· Susa

Topics

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Gallows used for Execution of Criminals· Month: Adar (March): Feast of Purim In