Esther 8:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

To gather

Esther 9:2

To destroy

Ezekiel 39:10

And to take the spoil

Esther 3:13

Esther 9:10

Isaiah 10:6

Bible References

To gather

The Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm; and no one could stand before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.

To destroy

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.

But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God;
Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

O daughter of Babylon, you

devastated one,

How blessed will be the one who repays you
With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

Who made heaven and earth,
The sea and all that is in them;
Who keeps faith forever;

They will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,” declares the Lord God.

And to take the spoil

Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder.

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

I send it against a godless nation
And commission it against the people of My fury
To capture booty and to seize plunder,
And to trample them down like mud in the streets.