Esther 3:9
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If it please thee, decree that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers.

that they may be destroyed.

Genesis 23:16 And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver, of common current money.

Here Haman is obliged to acknowledge that there would be a loss to the revenue, which he was willing to make up out of his own property. Ten thousand talents of silver, counted by the Babylonish talent, amount to

2,119,000?.; but reckoned by the Jewish talent, they amount to double that sum. In those days, silver and gold were more plentiful than at present; and we have many instances of individuals possessing almost incredible riches. Herodotus relates, that when Xerxes went into Greece, Pythius the Lydian had

2,000 talents of silver, and

4,000,000 of gold darics, which unitedly amount to nearly

5,500,000?. Plutarch tells us, that after Crassus had dedicated the tenth of all he had to Hercules, he entertained the Roman people at

10,000 tables, and distributed to every citizen as much corn as was sufficient for three months; and, after all these expenses, he had

7,100 Roman talents left, which amount to more than

1,500,000?. Lentulus the augur is said to have possessed no less than

3,333,333?.

6s.

8d. Apicius was worth more than

916,671?

13s.

4d.; and, after having spent in his kitchen

833,333?

6s.

8d. he considered the remainder too little for his support, and poisoned himself!

ten thousand.

Matthew 18:24 And when he had begun to take the account, one as brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

Context
Haman Plots Against the Jews
8And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity. 9If it please thee, decree that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers.10And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of the Jews.…
Cross References
Esther 3:8
And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.

Esther 3:10
And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of the Jews.

Esther 4:7
And Mardochai told him all that had happened, how Aman had promised to pay money into the king's treasures, to have the Jews destroyed.

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.

Daniel 3:8
And presently at that very time some Chaldeans came and accused the Jews,

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the king
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

approves,
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

let [a decree] be issued
יִכָּתֵ֖ב (yik·kā·ṯêḇ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3789: To grave, to write

to destroy them,
לְאַבְּדָ֑ם (lə·’ab·bə·ḏām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

and I will deposit
לְהָבִ֖יא (lə·hā·ḇî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

ten
וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת (wa·‘ă·śe·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

thousand
אֲלָפִ֜ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

talents
כִּכַּר־ (kik·kar-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

of silver
כֶּ֗סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the royal
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

treasury
גִּנְזֵ֥י (gin·zê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1595: Treasury, perhaps chests

to pay
אֶשְׁקוֹל֙ (’eš·qō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8254: To suspend, poise

those who carry this out.”
עֹשֵׂ֣י (‘ō·śê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make


Additional Translations
If the king approves, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry this out.”If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have charge of the affairs, to bring [it] into the king's treasuries.

If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

If it shall please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries."

if to the king it be good, let it be written to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I weigh into the hands of those doing the work, to bring it in unto the treasuries of the king.'
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