14And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.


In Context

11 And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.

12 And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman: how many dost thou think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, and what wilt thou have me to command to be done?

13 And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they have done to day, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.

14 And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.

15 15And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.

16 Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were Billed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.

Esther 9:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:14So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:14And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:14And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:14And the king saith — 'to be done so;' and a law is given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they have hanged.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.