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Esther 9:6

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And in the palace city of Shushan, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes how the Jewish people in the capital city defended themselves by killing five hundred of their enemies.

📚 Historical Context

This verse occurs during the events following Queen Esther's successful intervention to save the Jewish people from Haman's plot to destroy them. After King Xerxes gave the Jews permission to defend themselves against their enemies on the appointed day of destruction, they fought back in the capital city of Shushan (modern-day Iran). This was part of a larger conflict where Jews throughout the Persian Empire defended themselves against those who sought to harm them.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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