Esther 9:14
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And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.

Context
Haman's Sons Hanged
13And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they have done to day, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets. 14And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.15And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.…
Cross References
Esther 9:13
And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they have done to day, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.

Esther 9:15
And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.

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

commanded
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

that this
כֵּ֔ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

be done.
לְהֵֽעָשׂ֣וֹת (lə·hê·‘ā·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

An edict
דָּ֖ת (dāṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1881: A royal edict, statute

was issued
וַתִּנָּתֵ֥ן (wat·tin·nā·ṯên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

in Susa,
בְּשׁוּשָׁ֑ן (bə·šū·šān)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7800: Susa -- residence of person kings

and they hanged
תָּלֽוּ׃ (tā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8518: To suspend

the ten
עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (‘ă·śe·reṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

sons
בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Haman.
הָמָ֖ן (hā·mān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2001: Haman -- to rage, be turbulent


Additional Translations
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

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

And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.

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

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

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

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

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