Esther 9 (NET)

Esther 9:1¹In the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), on its thirteenth day, the edict of the king and his law were to be executed. It was on this day that the enemies of the Jews had supposed that they would gain power over them. But contrary to expectations, the Jews gained power over their enemies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:2²The Jews assembled themselves in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who were seeking their harm. No one was able to stand before them, for dread of them fell on all the peoples.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:3³All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those who performed the king’s business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:4⁴Mordecai was of high rank in the king’s palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence continued to become greater and greater.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:5⁵The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:6⁶In Susa the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:7⁷In addition, they also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:8⁸Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:9⁹Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:10¹⁰the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:11¹¹On that same day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was brought to the king’s attention.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:12¹²Then the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? What is your request? It shall be given to you. What other petition do you have? It shall be done.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:13¹³Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined, let the Jews who are in Susa be permitted to act tomorrow also according to today’s law, and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the gallows.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:14¹⁴So the king issued orders for this to be done. A law was passed in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:15¹⁵The Jews who were in Susa then assembled on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they killed 300 men in Susa. But they did not confiscate their property.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:16¹⁶The rest of the Jews who were throughout the provinces of the king assembled in order to stand up for themselves and to have rest from their enemies. They killed 75,000 of their adversaries, but they did not confiscate their property.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:17¹⁷All this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:18¹⁸But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth days, and rested on the fifteenth, making it a day for banqueting and happiness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:19¹⁹This is why the Jews who are in the rural country—those who live in rural villages—set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar for happiness, banqueting, a holiday, and sending gifts to one another.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:20²⁰Mordecai wrote these matters down and sent letters to all the Jews who were throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:21²¹to have them observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth days of the month of Adar each yearCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:22²²as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies—the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:23²³So the Jews committed themselves to continuing what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:24²⁴For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:25²⁵But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:26²⁶For this reason these days are known as Purim, after the name of pur. Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:27²⁷the Jews established as binding on themselves, their descendants, and all who joined their company that they should observe these two days without fail, just as written and at the appropriate time on an annual basis.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:28²⁸These days were to be remembered and to be celebrated in every generation and in every family, every province, and every city. The Jews were not to fail to observe these days of Purim; the remembrance of them was not to cease among their descendants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:29²⁹So Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:30³⁰Letters were sent to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the empire of Ahasuerus—words of true peace —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:31³¹to establish these days of Purim in their proper times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established, and just as they had established both for themselves and their descendants, matters pertaining to fasting and lamentation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Esther 9:32³²Esther’s command established these matters of Purim, and the matter was officially recorded.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions