Talált 329 Eredmények: exiled Jews
At that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, Sivan, the royal scribes were summoned. Exactly as Mordecai dictated, they wrote to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and officials of the hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia: to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language. (Esther 8, 9)
In these letters the king authorized the Jews in each and every city to group together and defend their lives, and to kill, destroy, wipe out, along with their wives and children, every armed group of any nation or province which should attack them, and to seize their goods as spoil (Esther 8, 11)
A copy of the letter to be promulgated as law in each and every province was published among all the peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. (Esther 8, 13)
and there was splendor and merriment for the Jews, exultation and triumph. (Esther 8, 16)
In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king's order arrived, there was merriment and exultation, banqueting and feasting for the Jews. And many of the peoples of the land embraced Judaism, for they were seized with a fear of the Jews. (Esther 8, 17)
When the day arrived on which the order decreed by the king was to be carried out, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, on which the enemies of the Jews had expected to become masters of them, the situation was reversed: the Jews became masters of their enemies. (Esther 9, 1)
The Jews mustered in their cities throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to attack those who sought to do them harm, and no one could withstand them, but all peoples were seized with a fear of them. (Esther 9, 2)
Moreover, all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, governors, and royal procurators supported the Jews from fear of Mordecai; (Esther 9, 3)
The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; they did to their enemies as they pleased. (Esther 9, 5)
In the stronghold of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. (Esther 9, 6)
the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the foe of the Jews. However, they did not engage in plundering. (Esther 9, 10)
he said to Queen Esther: "In the stronghold of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, as well as the ten sons of Haman. What must they have done in the other royal provinces! You shall again be granted whatever you ask, and whatever you request shall be honored." (Esther 9, 12)