Esther 9:16
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Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.

gathered themselves.

Esther 9:2,13 And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people. . . .

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.

Psalm 118:7-12 The Lord is my helper: and I will look over my enemies. . . .

but on the prey.

Esther 9:10,16 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:22 From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

Context
Haman's Sons 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. 16Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.17Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets.…
Cross References
Leviticus 26:7
You shall pursue your enemies: and they shall fall before you.

Leviticus 26:8
Five of yours shall pursue a hundred others: and a hundred of you ten thousand. Your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

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 9:2
And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people.

Lexicon
The rest
וּשְׁאָ֣ר (ū·šə·’ār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7605: Rest, residue, remnant

of the Jews
הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish

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

provinces
בִּמְדִינ֨וֹת (bim·ḏî·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region

also assembled
נִקְהֲל֣וּ ׀ (niq·hă·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6950: To gather as an assembly or congregation

to defend
וְעָמֹ֣ד (wə·‘ā·mōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

themselves
נַפְשָׁ֗ם (nap̄·šām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

and rid themselves
וְנ֙וֹחַ֙ (wə·nō·w·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 5118: Rested,

of their enemies.
מֵאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם (mê·’ō·yə·ḇê·hem)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 341: Hating, an adversary

They killed
וְהָרֹג֙ (wə·hā·rōḡ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

75,000
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (ḥă·miš·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

who hated them,
בְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔ם (bə·śō·nə·’ê·hem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8130: To hate

but did not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

lay
שָֽׁלְח֖וּ (šā·lə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

a hand
יָדָֽם׃ (yā·ḏām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

on the plunder.
וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (ū·ḇab·biz·zāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 961: Spoil, booty


Additional Translations
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but did not lay a hand on the plunder.But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth day of Adar, but took no spoil.

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand on the prey),

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.

But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces assembled, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, (but they laid not their hands on the prey.)

The other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn't lay their hand on the plunder.

And the rest of the Jews, who are in the provinces of the king, have been assembled, even to stand for their life, and to rest from their enemies, and to slay among those hating them five and seventy thousand, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand;
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