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13 And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed (A)tomorrow also to do according to this day's edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.”[a] 14 So the king commanded this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.

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  1. Esther 9:13 Or stake

13 “If it pleases the king,” Esther answered, “give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons(A) be impaled(B) on poles.”

14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled(C) the ten sons of Haman.

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11 And Haman recounted to them the splendour of his riches, (A)the number of his sons, all the promotions with which (B)the king had honoured him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.

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11 Haman boasted(A) to them about his vast wealth, his many sons,(B) and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.

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