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

In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; terror of them fell on every nationality.

To destroy

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.

But the righteous are glad;
they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.

the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea and everything in them.
He remains faithful forever,

They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it down from the forests, for they will use the weapons to make fires. They will take the loot from those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

And to take the spoil

Letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces telling the officials to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jewish people—young and old, women and children—and plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

They killed these 10 sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. However, they did not seize any plunder.

I will send him against a godless nation;
I will command him to go
against a people destined for My rage,
to take spoils, to plunder,
and to trample them down like clay in the streets.