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Esther 9:5

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Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
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  1. Jeremiah 18:21Rank 1 from verse 5
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    21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  2. Psalms 149:6–9Rank 2 from verse 5
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    6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;

    7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

    8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

    9To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.

  3. Psalms 18:34–40Rank 3 from verse 5
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    34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

    35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

    36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

    37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

    38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

    39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

    40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

  4. Psalms 18:47–48Rank 4 from verse 5
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    47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

    48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

  5. Psalms 20:7–8Rank 5 from verse 5
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    7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

    8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

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Esther 9:5

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smote

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1. Struck or dealt a blow to a person or thing with a hand, weapon, instrument, object, or force. 2. Attacked, defeated, slew, destroyed, or devastated a person, army, city, people, or land. 3. Afflicted, injured, or visited with disease, plague, blindness, calamity, or judgment. 4. Of the heart, convicted, troubled, or reproved inwardly.

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stroke

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1. A blow or act of striking. 2. A wound or affliction resulting from a blow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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slaughter

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Sense 1: The killing of persons or animals, especially in great number. Sense 2: As a verb, to kill or slay.

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destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

5Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

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6And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

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