Esther 9:14
“And the king commanded it so to be done; and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.”
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Esther 9:14 Context
12¶ And the king said vnto Esther the Queene; The Iewes haue slaine and destroied fiue hundred men in Shushan the palace, & the ten sonnes of Haman; what haue they done in the rest of the kings prouinces? now what is thy petition? and it shalbe granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done. 13Then said Esther, If it please the king, Let it bee granted to the Iewes which are in Shushan, to doe to morow also, according vnto this dayes decree, and let Hamans ten sonnes be hanged vpon the gallous. 14And the king commanded it so to be done; and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes. 15For the Iewes that were in Shushan, gathered themselues together on the fourteenth day also of the moneth Adar, and slewe three hundred men at Shushan: but on the pray they laid not their hand. 16But the other Iewes that were in the kings prouinces, gathered themselues together, & stood for their liues, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seuenty and fiue thousand, but they laid not their handes on the pray.
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And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
- King James Version
So the king commanded that it should be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
- Darby Bible
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
- Webster's Bible
The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
- World English Bible
And the king saith -- `to be done so;' and a law is given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they have hanged.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the king commanded it so to be done; and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible