Bible Cross References
to gather
Esther 9:2-16
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In the Jewish quarter of every city in the empire the Jews organized to attack anyone who tried to harm them. People everywhere were afraid of them, and no one could stand against them.
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In fact, all the provincial officials---governors, administrators, and royal representatives---helped the Jews because they were all afraid of Mordecai.
4
It was well-known throughout the empire that Mordecai was now a powerful man in the palace and was growing more powerful.
5
So the Jews could do what they wanted with their enemies. They attacked them with swords and slaughtered them.
6
In Susa, the capital city itself, the Jews killed five hundred people.
7
Among them were the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews: Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha. However, there was no looting.
11
That same day the number of people killed in Susa was reported to the king.
12
He then said to Queen Esther, "In Susa alone the Jews have killed five hundred people, including Haman's ten sons. What must they have done out in the provinces! What do you want now? You shall have it. Tell me what else you want, and you shall have it."
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Esther answered, "If it please Your Majesty, let the Jews in Susa do again tomorrow what they were allowed to do today. And have the bodies of Haman's ten sons hung from the gallows."
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The king ordered this to be done, and the proclamation was issued in Susa. The bodies of Haman's ten sons were publicly displayed.
15
On the fourteenth day of Adar the Jews of Susa got together again and killed three hundred more people in the city. But again, they did no looting.
16
The Jews in the provinces also organized and defended themselves. They rid themselves of their enemies by killing seventy-five thousand people who hated them. But they did no looting.
to destroy
Psalm 37:14
The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows to kill the poor and needy, to slaughter those who do what is right;
Psalm 37:15
but they will be killed by their own swords, and their bows will be smashed.
Psalm 68:3
But the righteous are glad and rejoice in his presence; they are happy and shout for joy.
Psalm 137:8
Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us---
Psalm 146:6-9
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the Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them. He always keeps his promises;
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he judges in favor of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free
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and gives sight to the blind. He lifts those who have fallen; he loves his righteous people.
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He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin.
Ezekiel 39:10
They will not have to gather firewood in the fields or cut down trees in the forest, because they will have the abandoned weapons to burn. They will loot and plunder those who looted and plundered them." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
and to take the spoil
Esther 3:13
Runners took this proclamation to every province of the empire. It contained the instructions that on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, all Jews---young and old, women and children---were to be killed. They were to be slaughtered without mercy and their belongings were to be taken.
Esther 9:10
Esther 9:15
On the fourteenth day of Adar the Jews of Susa got together again and killed three hundred more people in the city. But again, they did no looting.
Esther 9:16
The Jews in the provinces also organized and defended themselves. They rid themselves of their enemies by killing seventy-five thousand people who hated them. But they did no looting.
Isaiah 10:6
I sent Assyria to attack a godless nation, people who have made me angry. I sent them to loot and steal and trample the people like dirt in the streets."