Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Both young
In one day
The spoil
Bible References
By posts
Esther 8:10
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He sent the letters by couriers on horseback, riding steeds especially bred for the king.
2 Chronicles 30:6
Couriers were sent throughout all of Israel and Judah with letters written by the king and his princes, just as the king had commanded:
Job 9:25
"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.
Jeremiah 51:31
One runner runs to meet another runner, and one messenger to meet another messenger, to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been seized from one end to the other.
Romans 3:15
They run swiftly to shed blood.
Both young
1 Samuel 15:3
Now, go and attack Amalek. Completely destroy all that they have. Don't spare them, but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, both ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
1 Samuel 22:19
He attacked the priestly town of Nob with the sword. Men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys and sheep were put to the sword.
In one day
Esther 8:12
Throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the one day for the Jewish people to do this was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
James 2:13
For the one who has shown no mercy will be judged without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
The spoil
Esther 8:11
What the king granted the Jewish people in every town was the right to assemble and defend themselves, to annihilate, kill, and destroy every armed force of a people or a province that was hostile to them, including children and women, and to plunder their property.
Esther 9:10
the ten sons of Hammedatha's son Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, but they did not lay their hands on the spoils.
Isaiah 10:6
I'm sending my fury against a godless nation, and I'll command him against the people with whom I'm angry to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.