John Gill Commentary Esther 9:7

John Gill Commentary

Esther 9:7

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Esther 9:7

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha," — Esther 9:7 (ASV)

Ver. 7-10. And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, and
Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, and Parmashta, and Arisai, and
Aridai, and Vajezatha, the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha,
the enemy of the Jews, they slew,
&c.] Along with the five hundred men, at the head of which they were: but on the spoil they did not lay their hands ;
though they were allowed by the edict to do it, (Esther 8:11) , but this they did not, that it might appear that they did not take away their lives from a covetous desire of their estates, but purely in self-defence; and they might do this, the more to ingratiate themselves to the king, to whom the goods and estates of those men would be confiscated.