Esther 9:14
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 the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.
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Esther 9:14
A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.
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Ordered; directed.
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Sense 1: An authoritative order, statute, command, sentence, or settled determination. Sense 2: As a verb, to determine, ordain, or command by such authority.
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Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
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Suspended; put to death by being suspended by the neck.
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13Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
13Then said Esther, If it please the king, Let it bee granted to the Iewes which are in Shushan, to doe to morow also, according vnto this dayes decree, and †let Hamans ten sonnes be hanged vpon the gallous.
14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
14And the king commanded it so to be done; and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.
Selected passage15For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
15For the Iewes that were in Shushan, gathered themselues together on the fourteenth day also of the moneth Adar, and slewe three hundred men at Shushan: but on the pray they laid not their hand.