Esther 9:14

The Message

The king commanded it: The order was extended; the bodies of Haman’s ten sons were publicly hanged.

Cross References

Esther 7:10

So Haman was hanged on the very gallows that he had built for Mordecai. And the king’s hot anger cooled. * * *

Esther 7:9

Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, spoke up: “Look over there! There’s the gallows that Haman had built for Mordecai, who saved the king’s life. It’s right next to Haman’s house—seventy-five feet high!” The king said, “Hang him on it!”

Esther 9:13

“If it please the king,” Queen Esther responded, “give the Jews of Susa permission to extend the terms of the order another day. And have the bodies of Haman’s ten sons hanged in public display on the gallows.”

Esther 9:15

The Jews in Susa went at it again. On the fourteenth day of Adar they killed another three hundred men in Susa. But again they took no plunder.

Proverbs 12:7

Wicked people fall to pieces—there’s nothing to them; the homes of good people hold together.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

Say a couple have scores of children and live a long, long life but never enjoy themselves—even though they end up with a big funeral! I’d say that a stillborn baby gets the better deal. It gets its start in a mist and ends up in the dark—unnamed. It sees nothing and knows nothing, but is better off by far than anyone living.

Numbers 24:20

Then Balaam spotted Amalek and delivered an oracle-message. He said, Amalek, you’re in first place among nations right now, but you’re going to come in last, ruined. * * *

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse. And now, because of that, the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham’s blessing is present and available for non-Jews, too. We are all able to receive God’s life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing—just the way Abraham received it. * * *