Esther 9:16

The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces assembled, defended themselves, and got rid of their enemies. They killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they did not seize any plunder.

Esther 8:11

The king’s edict gave the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate every ethnic and provincial army hostile to them, including women and children, and to take their possessions as spoils of war.

Leviticus 26:7-8

You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.

Esther 9:2

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.

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Summary

Esther 9:16

But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

Gathered themselves

Esther 9:2

Esther 8:11

Stood

Esther 8:11

Leviticus 26:7

Bible References

Gathered themselves

Stood

You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.