Thematic Bible: Hated and despised the jews
Thematic Bible
Gentiles » Hated and despised the jews
Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar) on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the [very] day when the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them [and slaughter them], it happened the other way around so that the Jews themselves gained power over those who hated them.
Verse Concepts
So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.