Esther 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Which was to oblige them to the greater severity and readiness, to execute this edict for their own advantage.

Esther 3:13

13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.