10 The ten sons of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the adversary of the Jews slew they: but they laid not their hands [a]on the spoil.

11 On the same day came the number of those that were slain, unto the palace of Shushan before the King.

12 And the King said unto the Queen Esther, The Jews have slain in Shushan the palace, and destroyed five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman: what have they done in the rest of the King’s provinces? and what is thy petition, that it may be given thee? or what is thy request moreover, that it may be performed?

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:10 Whereby they declared that this was God’s just judgment upon the enemies of his Church, forasmuch as they sought not their own gain, but to execute his vengeance.

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