Esther 9:14 “So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa,…”

Esther 9:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Susa; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And the King charged to doe so, and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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.

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In context

13Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

15On 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.

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