Esther 9:5

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The Jews struck down their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they dealt with those who hated them as they pleased.

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  • Ps 18:34-40 : 34 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; He causes me to stand on the heights. 35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 36 You have given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness has made me great. 37 You widen the path beneath me, so my feet do not slip. 38 I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are destroyed. 39 I crush them, and they cannot rise; they fall beneath my feet. 40 You arm me with strength for battle; You humble my adversaries beneath me.
  • Ps 18:47-48 : 47 The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Exalted be the God of my salvation! 48 The God who avenges me and subdues peoples under me,
  • Ps 20:7-8 : 7 Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the victorious power of His right hand. 8 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.
  • Ps 149:6-9 : 6 May the high praises of God be in their throats and a two-edged sword in their hands, 7 to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples, 8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with iron shackles, 9 to carry out the judgment written against them. This is the glory of all His faithful ones. Praise the LORD!
  • Jer 18:21 : 21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.
  • 2 Thess 1:6 : 6 Since it is just for God to repay those who trouble you with affliction,

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  • Esth 9:6
    85%

    6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

  • Esth 9:9-17
    9 verses
    79%

    9and Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

    10the ten sons of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

    11That day, the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king.

    12And the king said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa, the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now, what is your request? It shall be granted to you. And what is your further petition? It shall be done.”

    13Esther replied, "If it pleases the king, let the Jews in Susa be allowed to act again tomorrow according to today's decree, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows."

    14So the king commanded that it be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

    15The Jews in Susa gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they killed three hundred men in Susa. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

    16Meanwhile, the rest of the Jews in the king’s provinces gathered to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies but did not lay their hands on the plunder.

    17This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day, they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.

  • Esth 9:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s decree and command were to be carried out. On the day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to dominate them, the situation was reversed, and the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.

    2The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike those who sought their harm. No one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the people.

    3All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those doing the king’s work supported the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

  • Esth 8:11
    78%

    11The king’s decree gave the Jews in every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

  • Esth 9:23-26
    4 verses
    76%

    23So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had started, doing what Mordecai had written to them.

    24For Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted to destroy them. He cast the pur—that is, the lot—to crush and annihilate them.

    25But when the matter came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

    26That is why these days were called Purim, from the word pur. Therefore, because of everything written in this letter, and because of what they had witnessed and what had happened to them,

  • Esth 3:6
    73%

    6But he considered it beneath him to attack Mordecai alone, for they had told him about Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

  • Esth 3:13
    72%

    13Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, ordering the destruction, killing, and annihilation of all the Jews—young and old, children and women—in a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions.

  • Ps 83:9
    71%

    9Even Assyria has joined them; they have strengthened the descendants of Lot. Selah.

  • Esth 8:13
    71%

    13A copy of the written decree was to be issued as law in every province, publicly proclaimed to all people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

  • Ezek 9:7
    71%

    7Then he said to them, 'Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!' So they went out and struck down people in the city.

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Judg 20:35
    71%

    35The LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites killed twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjaminites that day, all armed with swords.

  • Jer 41:3
    71%

    3Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were found there.

  • Esth 8:7
    71%

    7King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.'

  • Neh 4:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Those who were building the wall and those who carried loads were doing their work with one hand while holding a weapon with the other.

    12Every builder had his sword strapped to his side as he worked, and the one who sounded the trumpet stood beside me.

  • Ezek 9:5
    71%

    5To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.'

  • Deut 20:13
    71%

    13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

  • Esth 3:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9If it pleases the king, let a decree be written to destroy them, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the work, to be deposited in the king’s treasuries."

    10So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

  • Judg 1:8
    70%

    8The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • Esth 8:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16For the Jews, there was light and joy, gladness, and honor.

    17In every province and every city where the king's command and decree reached, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. And many of the peoples of the land became Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

  • Josh 10:35
    70%

    35They captured it that same day and struck it down with the edge of the sword. They completely destroyed every person in it, just as they had done to Lachish.

  • Deut 13:15
    70%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

  • Esth 9:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19That is why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting, a day for giving gifts to one another.

    20Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

  • Ezek 35:5
    70%

    5Because you have harbored eternal hostility and delivered the Israelites to the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment,

  • Josh 11:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11They struck down everyone in the city with the sword, completely destroying them. Not a single living thing was left, and Joshua burned Hazor with fire.

    12Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and their kings as well. He struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

  • Amos 9:4
    69%

    4'If they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.'

  • Isa 13:15
    69%

    15Whoever is found will be pierced through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

  • Lam 3:66
    69%

    66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.

  • Matt 22:6
    69%

    6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

  • Judg 20:25
    69%

    25On the second day, the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet the Israelites and struck down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

  • Esth 4:7
    69%

    7Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasury for the destruction of the Jews.