“ And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. ”
By “Shushan the palace (or the fort),” is probably meant the whole of the upper town, which occupied an area of more than 100 acres, and contained many residences besides the actual palace. The Jew...
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed (d) five hundred men. (d) Besides the three hundred that they slew the second day, ( Esther 9:15 ).
The Jews Successful against their Enemies. Adar 13th, the dreadful day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were...
destroyed, &c. Note that they took no advantage of the permission given in Esther 8:11 .
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. And in Shushan - It is strange that in this city, where the king's mind must have been so well known, there should be found fiv...
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Jews Slay their Enemies. Institution of Purim 3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190 9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the Persian...
The palace. — Doubtless the whole royal city, rather than the palace strictly so called. It is obvious that even Xerxes would hardly have allowed bloodshed, otherwise than by his direct orders, wit...
Deliverance by the Sword Esther 9:1-32 When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16 , seventy-five thousand of their assail...
In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordeca...
(1) В¶ Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies o...
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. Not in the royal palace, where it cannot be thought the Jews had so many enemies, or such a bloody slaughter of them should b...
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. Ver. 6. And in Shushan the palace ] One would wonder that any here should offer to stir against the Jews, so much favoured b...
In Shushan the palace That is, in the city where the palace was; it not being probable, either that they would make such a slaughter in the palace itself, or that they would be permitted so to do;...
THE JEWS VICTORIOUS (vv. 1-17) On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables were turned completely, for...
The Jews Avenged. B. C. 509. 1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on t...
In Shushan the palace, i.e. in the city so called, as was noted before, Esther 1:2 ; it not being probable either that they would make such a slaughter in the king's palace, or that they would b...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 9:6 . In Shushan the palace the Jews slew … five hundred] Shushan the palace is here evidently to be taken in the sense of the place or city of the palace, equivalent to...
Esther 9:1 . The enemies of the Jews. The Chaldean paraphrase says that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles whi...
EXPOSITION RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT ' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES , AND EFFECT A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM , BUT DO NOT LAY HAND ON THEIR GOODS ( E...
The Enemies Slain
Esther 3:15
Shushan — In the city so called. Slew — Whom they knew to be such as would watch all opportunities to destroy them; which also they might possibly now attempt to do.