Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Were sent by the king's messengers to all provinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods. by posts. Esther 8:10,14 And these letters which were sent in the king's name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages. . . . 2 Chronicles 30:6 And the posts went with letters by commandment of the king, and his princes, to all Israel and Juda, proclaiming according to the king's orders: Ye children of Israel, turn again to the Lord the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel: and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped the hand of the king of the Assyrians. Job 9:25 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. Jeremiah 51:31 One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other: Romans 3:15 Their feet swift to shed blood: both young. 1 Samuel 15:3 Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet anything that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 1 Samuel 22:19 And Nobe, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and ox, and ass, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. in one day. Esther 8:12-14 And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar. . . . James 2:13 For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment. the spoil. Esther 8:11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil. Esther 9:10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods. Isaiah 10:6 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Context Haman Plots Against the Jews…12And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring, 13Were sent by the king's messengers to all provinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods.14And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all provinces might know and be ready against that day.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 30:6 And the posts went with letters by commandment of the king, and his princes, to all Israel and Juda, proclaiming according to the king's orders: Ye children of Israel, turn again to the Lord the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel: and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped the hand of the king of the Assyrians. Esther 7:4 For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king. Esther 8:5 And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king's provinces, may be reversed by new letters. Esther 8:10 And these letters which were sent in the king's name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages. Esther 8:11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil. Esther 8:12 And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar. Esther 8:14 So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king's edict was hung up in Susan. Esther 9:1 So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries. Esther 9:5 So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them: Esther 9:10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods. Lexicon And the lettersסְפָרִ֜ים (sə·p̄ā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5612: A missive, document, writing, book were sent וְנִשְׁל֨וֹחַ (wə·niš·lō·w·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out by בְּיַ֣ד (bə·yaḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand couriers הָרָצִים֮ (hā·rā·ṣîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7323: To run to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to each כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every of the royal הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king provinces מְדִינ֣וֹת (mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region with the order to destroy, לְהַשְׁמִ֡יד (lə·haš·mîḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed kill, לַהֲרֹ֣ג (la·hă·rōḡ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent and annihilate וּלְאַבֵּ֣ד (ū·lə·’ab·bêḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Jews— הַ֠יְּהוּדִים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish young מִנַּ֨עַר (min·na·‘ar) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer and וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while old, זָקֵ֜ן (zā·qên) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old women וְנָשִׁים֙ (wə·nā·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female and children— טַ֤ף (ṭap̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2945: A family and to plunder לָבֽוֹז׃ (lā·ḇō·wz) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 962: To spoil, plunder their possessions וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם (ū·šə·lā·lām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7998: A prey, spoil, plunder, booty on a single אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first day, בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day the thirteenth בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה (biš·lō·wō·šāh) Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice day of Adar, אֲדָ֑ר (’ă·ḏār) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 143: The twelfth month in the Jewish calendar the twelfth שְׁנֵים־ (šə·nêm-) Number - md Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number) month. לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ (lə·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month Additional Translations And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. And the following is the copy of the letter; The great king Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him. Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. But when I had enquired of my counsellors how this should be brought to pass. Aman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation alone of all others is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; we signified to you in the letter written by Aman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs. And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey. And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. Letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions. and letters to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it is the month of Adar -- and their spoil to seize, Jump to Previous Adar Cause Children Couriers Destroy Jews Kill King's Letters Little Month Perish Plunder Possessions Posts Prey Provinces Spoil Thirteenth Twelfth Women YoungJump to Next Adar Cause Children Couriers Destroy Jews Kill King's Letters Little Month Perish Plunder Possessions Posts Prey Provinces Spoil Thirteenth Twelfth Women YoungExternal Links Esther 3:13 NIVEsther 3:13 NLT Esther 3:13 ESV Esther 3:13 NASB Esther 3:13 ASV Esther 3:13 Bible Apps Esther 3:13 Biblia Paralela Esther 3:13 Chinese Bible Esther 3:13 French Bible Esther 3:13 German Bible Alphabetical: a Adar all and annihilate as both by children couriers day destroy Dispatches goods in is Jews kill king's Letters little month of old on one order plunder possessions provinces seize sent single the their thirteenth to twelfth were which with women young OT History: Esther 3:13 Letters were sent by couriers into all (Est Esth. 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