8 occurrences in 12 translations

'Hanged' in the Bible

And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Verse ConceptsTreasonPeople Hung To DeathHistorical BooksKilling Named Individuals

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsBad Wives ExamplesTemptressesDimensions Of Other ThingsPeople Hung To DeathNamed Wives

The king said, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the pole he had set up.

Verse ConceptsPeople Hung To Death

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Verse ConceptsPurimDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfHangingAnger Subsiding

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

Verse ConceptsJews Under ThreatPeople Hung To Death

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

Verse ConceptsTen PeopleMan's Action TomorrowPeople Hung To Death

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

Verse ConceptsHangingTen PeoplePeople Hung To Death

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

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